- Sixty years ago this week, French troops were defeated by Vietnamese forces at Dien Bien Phu. As historian Julian Jackson explains, it was a turning point in the history of both nations, and in the Cold War - and a battle where some in the US appear to have contemplated the use of nuclear weapons. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27243803 8 comments history
- US offered France an A-bomb to be used against Vietnam http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27243803 15 comments worldnews
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