On 18 Dec 2004 14:30:24 GMT, N2EY wrote about Vietnam:

Spurred on by the success of Algerian independence, they managed to
push out the French in 1953.

IIRC the French weren't pushed out of Algeria until 1961 or so.
Dien Bien Phu was in 1954 while Algeria was under tight French
control.

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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane