International assistance and support for Dien Bien Phu operation
Dinh Q.H.
Abstract
The paper describes international significance of the victory at Dien Bien Phu in 1954 attained by Vietnamese people's Army. It represented as the result of foreign political activity of the Communist party, the state and the Vietnamese people, that was won due to assistance of the Soviet Union, China and the countries of people's democracy, the French Communist movement, as well as Burma and Thailand. The concrete expression of this policy was the provision by China of strategic assistance to Vietnam with arms, military experts, equipment, medicines and military cadres training for Vietnamese people's Army. The paper refers to the delivery of the Soviet Union «Katyusha» division. The author reports on largest propaganda support to Vietnam deployed in the Soviet press and presents estimates of Westerners journalists.