Our memory to history often seems to be in rhythm. 50 years of time after the battle of Dien Bien Phu re-incarnates the scene of the bloodshed war that we don't forget and never forget.

人类的思维也许对时间有着节律式的记忆，50年的半世纪时空，又重新勾涌出中国国土南邻的那场特殊的抗法战争的场面。

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It is, after all, more than 40 years since the French were routed at the battle of Dien Bien Phu.

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Gen Bigeard was a commanding officer during the battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954, where French troops were surrounded and defeated by the forces of the Vietnamese Communists, the Viet Minh.

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