Clashes That Echoed

The coin's other side -- the ebbing of empire -- is represented in dramatic fashion by the Normandy campaign of 1944, where Allied forces smashed Hitler's empire from the west, and the destruction of the French garrison at Dien Bien Phu, which sounded the death knell of the French colonial...

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Published inThe Wall Street journal. Eastern edition
Main Author Jordan, Jonathan W
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, N.Y Dow Jones & Company Inc 18.06.2013
EditionEastern edition
Subjects
Lacey, James
Military history
Moment of Battle: The Twenty Clashes That Changed the World
Murray, Williamson
Nonfiction
War
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Summary:The coin's other side -- the ebbing of empire -- is represented in dramatic fashion by the Normandy campaign of 1944, where Allied forces smashed Hitler's empire from the west, and the destruction of the French garrison at Dien Bien Phu, which sounded the death knell of the French colonial empire that set the stage for American intervention in Vietnam.
ISSN:0099-9660