Outside of General Do Cat’s command bunker – Photo: Collectibles
General Do Cat’s bunker is located in the corporate center of the important fortress Dien Bien Phu, this place belongs to the vast Muong Thanh field. This place is built extremely strong with a roof made of iron, surrounded by wooden planks and covered with sandbags as well as a series of barbed wire outside. If you come here to visit, what you see is all original from the previous day: from the structure, arrangement, and layout of the basement.
If you stand in a place with high terrain such as hills or low mountains, you will easily see the roof of this tunnel. Surrounded by layers of defensive barriers with many interlaced barbed wire networks and four tanks. The total length of Do Cat tunnel is about 20m, up to 8m wide and has up to 4 spaces for working as well as living space.
This place is both a relic conservation area and a place to visit- Photo: Collectibles
This tunnel is easy to see, just standing in a place with high ground like a hill or a mountain, but the Vietnamese army has occupied continuously for 55 days and nights, many soldiers have heroically sacrificed themselves. Can capture Do Cat tunnel.
And until today, tourists coming here can see the cellar with its characteristic iron ring roofs along with dozens of sandbags piled on the roof of the tunnel. Previously, there was a rather large, covered moat connecting the blockhouse located on hill A1 with this relic cellar. The French army built the trench with wooden planks and sandbags.
On May 7, 1954, the image of a red flag with a yellow star was fluttering on the hatch cover of the French enemy.
This historic bunker is not only the place where General Do Cat commanded the battle, but also welcomed many high-ranking figures such as: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, US President Dwight Eisenhower, French Prime Minister Joseph Laniel along with many world famous journalist.
The office room – where General Do Cat was captured alive
The battle ended at 5:30 p.m. on May 7, 1954 when the commander of Company 360, Regiment 209, Division 312 – Ta Quoc Luat captured enemy General Do Cat alive at his desk, opening a great victory. illustrious of the Vietnamese people’s army
Source: Collected internet.