The Last Valley

Informationen zum Autor Born in 1944 and educated at Wellington College, Martin Windrow is an Associate of the Royal Historical Society and a member of the Foreign Legion Association of Great Britain. He has worked in publishing since the mid-1960s as a commissioning editor and author. Klappentext Stalingrad in the jungle: the battle that doomed the French Empire and led America into Vietnam In winter 1953-54 the French army in Vietnam challenged its elusive enemy, General Giap's Viet Minh, to pitched battle. Ten thousand French paras and légionnaires, with artillery and tanks, were flown to the remote valley of Dien Bien Phu to build a fortress upon which Giap could smash his inexperienced regiments. The siege which followed became a Stalingrad in the jungle, and its outcome shocked the world. Stalingrad in the jungle: the battle that doomed the French Empire and led America into Vietnam Zusammenfassung Stalingrad in the jungle: the battle that doomed the French Empire and led America into Vietnam

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Martin Windrow, Windrow Martin
• Verlag: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 10.02.2005
• EAN: 9780304366927
• ISBN: 978-0-304-36692-7
• Seiten: 752
• Abmessung: 138 mm x 216 mm x 48 mm
• Serien: CASSELL MILITARY PAPERBACKS; CASSELL MILITARY PAPERBACKS; Cassell Military; Cassell Military
• Themen: Sachbuch; Vietnam, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1950 to c 1959, Asian History, Battles & campaigns, C 1945 To C 1960, Battles and campaigns