The Battle of Dien Bien Phu (ft. Overly Sarcastic Productions) | Animated History

Thanks to Bespoke Post for sponsoring this video. New subscribers can get 20% off their first box with the promo code ARMCHAIR20 at checkout https://bspk.me/historian OSP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZhZ9Fb5wCA The Armchair Historian Website: https://thearmchairhistorian.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/S3FW8gV Ironside Computers - Click here to customize your own PC: https://ironsidecomputers.com/ USE DISCOUNT CODE "History" FOR 5% OFF! Sources: Fall, Bernard B. Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu. Da Capo Press, 1966. Letters home from Italian volunteer in the French Foreign Legion Karnow, Stanley. "The Light at the Start of the Tunnel." The Washington Post. Last modified May 8, 1994. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/1994/05/08/the-light-at-the-start-of-the-tunnel/4df612f0-5028-4c9c-b7d8-dd630bde9aad/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.b85d1f38195c. BBC Radio documentary https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02rsxrv French history review (government website) https://www.cheminsdememoire.gouv.fr/fr/la-bataille-de-dien-bien-phu Who was Colonel Piroth: http://foreignlegion.info/battle-of-dien-bien-phu/ Who were the Viet Minh: