In 1953, the war was still going strong and Viet Minh was in dire need of a victory. Vo Nguyen Giap, commander of Viet Minh, forced a big French troop into Dien Bien Phu, near the Laos border and cornered them (6). From November 1953 till May 1954, the French tried to stay strong but they were losing power (6). While the Vietnamese had peasants on bikes sending supplies to their troops, the French got airplanes to drop off supplies, which were shot down by Vietnam (6).
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