B52 Victory Museum - The place save part of Hanoi

B52 Victory Museum is at address 157, Doi Can Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi. The museum is displaying weapons, material to achieve a feat of the Hanoi People's and army in the Dien Bien Phu battle in 1972. Also, here is a place to keep photos, the kind of mental battle, to win as well as cunning and creative capital in people's struggle against the American empire.

 

History

The museum was established on 22/12/1997, each year welcoming thousands of tourists to visit. The museum is considered one of the most unique museums in the world.

Museum of recorded events on the battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1972 did not last American hit northern of Vietnam, especially Hanoi. At this time, the B52 plane was a flying fortress impregnable by the U.S. military government. For that reason want to "make North Vietnam back to Neolithic" to prevent the support of the Northern for the South, save a portion upper on the negotiating table, the U.S. has done a campaign to invade fierce. However, the things people are incredibly "B52 flying fortress impregnable" has been shot down.

According to documents left at the museum, then in 12 days and nights of the war (in late April 12/1972), the U.S. has used 726 times B52, 3120 on tactical aircraft and thousands of tons of bombs poured down domain North. Which in Hanoi, the U.S. has used B52 444 times, more than 1,000 tactical aircraft, throwing more than a thousand tons of bombs, killing 2380 people and injured 1355 people. In this war, troops of the capital Hanoi and also fought with resounding victories typically shot down 358 aircraft of U.S.including 25 B52 aircraft.

Failure in 12 day-night raid, the U.S. had to sit at the negotiating table in Paris in 1973 with the terms beneficial to Vietnam.

Current exhibits

The museum is showcasing the weapons and ammunition up the capital's people and army in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1972 not, B52 wreck. Also, in the galleries of the museum preserved the image, the kind of mental battle and cunning, and creative forces of the capital.

Indoor

Area for the display in the museum is 1200m2. This is a regional referral construction, maturity of the capital, armed forces over the period, including 12 with special emphasis on night fighting fiercely with the capital's air victories of the Union " Red Star " The statistics table, especially pictures of the ruins of Hanoi after the bombing raids to places has come into history: Kham Thien street, Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi train station ... In addition, the campus also has room display maquette general interests of the evolutions in the air battle of Dien Bien Phu. Area of approximately 200m2 this room, represented by three-dimensional space, recreate the neighborhood terrain, the battlefield air defense and fall of the B52 aircraft. This is where recreate historical moments of Hanoi's most impressive.

Outdoor

Also on display area as mentioned above, the Museum has won B52-air exhibition area. This area is about 4000m2, is on display artifacts such as weapons, weapons that the military capital used in battle as well as evidence of the disastrous U.S.: a B52 of 48,07m wreck,, wingspan of 56.42 m and many other aircraft debris.

Not only is displayed, recreate the heroic history of the capital during the years of fierce war, the museum is a place of cultural activities of various teams, groups with the relics of record victory B52 in other areas of Hanoi as markers in Kham Thien B52 relics point fall in the Soc Son district area, Hai Ba Trung district and rockets battlefield to achieve a feat of  the capital's air.

The museum is a victory B52 sites attract many tourists to visit the capital and was one address typical cultural history of the area thousands of years culture.

Story in Hanoi Flag Tower - A sacred symbol of Hanoi

Since 1986, a red flag with yellow star size 24 m2 always flying over Hanoi Flagpole. Keeping it holy flag is the work of officers and soldiers of Vietnam History Military Museum (VHMM).

Construction under the Nguyen dynasty, beginning in 1805 to 1812 is complete, Hanoi Flag Tower is now building intact and most imposing monument in the Thang Long royal citadel. Currently, the Flag Tower of Hanoi is the historical, cultural, by the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism management , but because it is on the campus of the VHMM should look after the daily tasks assigned to this unit.

Hanoi today flagpole located on Dien Bien Phu street with its ancient conch trees growing around and beneath a luxuriant longan garden. But in a photo taken in 1890 by Louis Sadoul, a French military medical officers, regional gardens Lenin statue at the foot of the flagpole is now the lake is where the elephants because the bath of elephant of the Nguyen dynasty. But the ancient tree today when that had been planted. In the photo, can also see the French have set up semi-permanent barracks in the last column of flags to the troops.

Also during this period, the Flag Tower Hanoi French also used for observation. In the destructive wars of America, flag tower is an observation of the army air defense of Hanoi. Meanwhile, from the top of the flagpole can be seen both Hanoi and suburbs. In 1945, after the August revolution  success, red flag gold star was first hung Hanoi Flag Tower. By 1954, again a national flag flying on top again history platform.

According to the security guards of the museum exhibits VHMM, most museum visitors are required to visit the flagpole, on holidays, such as day 1 May , 2 Feb, 22 Dec, visitors have to queue. Ms. Do Thi Hanh, a museum employee, said there are people from the South, they say things like "I dreamed my whole life been to Hanoi, give me up to be proud to show off when the with children ", so can not be denied. There are people finished the visit, said the museum staff, "she is the very long life, as is keeping a very sacred relics."

Especially among the hottest days of Hanoi, the temperature inside the column flag is always cool as air conditioning. Structure up and down the door of science also flag tower that heavy rain water does not flow to where the tower inside.

Flag Tower of Hanoi in 1890. Photo: Louis_Sadoul

A very impressive picture of visitors each passing Hanoi Flag Tower is a red flag gold-star is always flying in the wind. Commander, Nguyen Huu Thanh, who is in charge of the protection VHMM said in 1986, under the direction of their superiors, the flag is displayed standing on top of the pole. Previously, only hung on holidays.

"Regardless of what happened at discolored, torn, we must change. Some days at 4-5 am, the veteran revolutionaries specific exercise to go through, that flag was tearing by wind immediately notice , we must change now, "said  Mr Thanh. Average about 2-3 weeks to replace a flag, each year, nearly 20 flags were replaced. Brick tower atop a 12 meters-high steel columns, the Thanh commander who replaced flag by pulling a strand of silk as pulleys to flag up the top of pole.

Stairs inside the flagpole

That flag is the size of 4m x 6m, m, area 24 m2, embroidery sewn by sewing the flag base 67 Hang Trong street, Hoan Kiem. Mr Tran Quang Minh, head of technical facilities, said the flag was made of non-glossy fabric produced domestically. To be able to withstand high winds, the roads may need only three times, corner of  flag diamond shaped. Because the flag is too large, so the garment workers completed the red background, they must spread out wide to cut the floor before sewing gold star added.

Circulated at the VHMM  is the story Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez when he came to Hanoi to attend an event, when the flag tower suddenly stop and ask expressed the desire to visit. The venerable president climbed down to take the top and when demanded by the souvenir. According to Commander, Mr Thanh, when the Dien Bien Phu street, Hugo Chavez expressed his appreciation before this particular project should have been asking to visit.

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