Independence Hill

Independence Hill

Independence Hill is a component relic of the Dien Bien Phu Battlefield Special National Monument. Doc Lap Hill has another name: Pu Vang (Victory Hill). Located right at the foot of Pu Vang is Tong Khao field, a sunken field. In the past, the Phe invaders captured all the children in the area and killed them. Children who are still infants are put in a mortar and pounded. Children who are toddlers or older are thrown into this low field and then drained to die. When the field dried up, children's bones were white all over the field, from then on this field was called Tong Khao (local language meaning field of white bones). At Tong Khao field, according to local people, there are also traces of the victory of the insurgent leader Hoang Cong Chat who came from the lowlands to wave the insurrection flag. The leader was assisted by the Thai ethnic people, typically General Ngai and General Khanh, in the fight against Phe enemy general Pha Chau Tin Toong in Tam Van citadel. The insurgents chased the Phe invaders up to the foot of the hill and destroyed all the enemy troops, beheading the enemy general in 1754. During the 1954 Dien Bien Phu campaign, the French Army named this base Gabrielle. Doc Lap is the name given to this base by the People's Army of Vietnam because the hill stands separately in the middle of a flat area in the north of Muong Thanh field. On November 20, 1953, French troops parachuted to occupy Dien Bien Phu and then built Dien Bien Phu into an unprecedented stronghold in Indochina. Gabrielle base, located on Muong Thanh hill, 500m long, 200m wide, is one of the most fortified resistance centers of the Dien Bien Phu base group, in the North division, about 4km from Muong Thanh center. . Doc Lap resistance center, along with two resistance centers Him Lam and Ban Keo, form a powerful outer defense area to the North and Northeast of the stronghold Group Center. As for the Vietnamese Army, during the Dien Bien Phu Campaign, the task of attacking Doc Lap Hill was assigned to the 88th Regiment, 308th Infantry commanded by Regimental Commander Bui Nam Ha and the 165th Regiment, 312th Infantry led by Lieutenant General Bui Nam Ha. Group leader Le Thuy commanded. The two units were reinforced with 4 105mm guns, 4 120mm mortars, 4 75mm mountain guns and were under the command of 308th Company Commander Vuong Thua Vu. Regiment 165 took on the main offensive, breaking through from the East-South direction, attacking along the length of the base. Regiment 88 took charge of the secondary attack to break through from the East-North direction, and at the same time organized a return mission in the West and arranged forces to block reinforcements from Muong Thanh. The victory on Doc Lap base was the second biggest victory after the Him Lam victory, creating a very good spirit for the soldiers of the Vietnamese Army to fight and win in the next battles. The victory at Doc Lap base opened the way to the central Muong Thanh subdivision, the Vietnamese Army destroyed and wiped out the elite Le Duong units of the French army. Currently, Doc Lap Hill Relic is one of 45 component relic sites belonging to the Special National Historical Site of Dien Bien Phu Battlefield. Restoration and renovation work is expected to be carried out in the near future to meet the sightseeing, learning and research needs of domestic and international tourists, becoming an official tourist destination on their travel itinerary. calendar, learn about the history of tourists when coming to Dien Bien province. Source: General Electronic Information Portal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Dien Bien Province

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