| 词条 | Christian de Castries |
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|name=Christian de Castries |image=Dien Bien Phu001.jpg |caption= |birth_date={{birth-date|11 August 1902}} |death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1991|7|29|1902|8|11}} |birth_place=Paris, France |death_place=Paris, France |nickname= |allegiance={{flag|France}} |branch={{army|France}} |serviceyears=1921-1959 |rank=General de brigade |unit= |commands=Mobile Group 2 Mobile Group 1 Operational Group North-West |battles=*World War II
|awards= |relations= |laterwork= }} Christian Marie Ferdinand de la Croix de Castries (11 August 1902 – 29 July 1991) was the French commander at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954. BiographyHe was born into a distinguished military family, the House of Castries, and enlisted in the army at the age of 19. He was sent to the Saumur Cavalry School and in 1926 was commissioned an officer but later resigned to devote himself to equestrian sports. After rejoining the army at the start of World War II, he was captured (1940), escaped from a German prison-of-war camp (1941), and fought with the Allied forces in North Africa, Italy, the south of France and finally, during the invasion of Southern Germany. He ended the war in command of the 3rd Moroccan Spahis (mechanized cavalry), whose cap he was subsequently to wear throughout his service in Indochina. In 1946 de Castries, soon to become a lieutenant colonel, was sent to Indochina. He was wounded and spent a year recuperating in France before returning to Vietnam as a full colonel. In December 1953 he was charged with defending Dien Bien Phu against the Viet Minh. After an eight-week siege, the garrison was defeated, and near the end de Castries was promoted to brigadier general. The French were overrun by the Viet Minh forces on 7 May 1954, effectively ending the First Indochina War and the French presence in Southeast Asia. He was held prisoner for four months while an armistice agreement was reached in Geneva. Upon his return to France de Castries was appointed to command the 5th Armoured Division, then stationed in West Germany. Following a car accident in 1959 he retired from the military.[1] He subsequently headed a recycling firm. He died in Paris on 29 July 1991. References{{Portal|France|Vietnam|Biography|Military history}}1. ^Martin Windrow, 'The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam' Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 2004 {{ISBN|0-297-84671-X}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Castries, Christian De}}{{France-mil-bio-stub}} 6 : 1902 births|1991 deaths|People from Paris|French generals|French military personnel of the First Indochina War|House of Castries |
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