 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Parachuted pana March 16, 1954, apo mugumisiro weDien Bien Phuyakanga ichivharwa, Commandant Bigeard akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant-colonel pamwe nevamwe vatungamiri munguva yehondo inoramba ichienderera mberi, ichiita kuti ave munhu anozivikanwa achitungamirira battalion yake paEliane 1 ne2, kunyanya kutungamira mauto ekupindira ekamba yakadzorerwa yaColonel Langlais. Ikoku kwakanga kuchirangarirwa munzira yakati somubayiro nokuda kwokutungamirira kwake kwoushingi mauto ake pamberi pokuurawa kwaitarisirwa pamugumo wehondo. Bigeard akadana Dien Bien Phu kuti Jungle Verdun, hondo yekupedzisira uye yakanyanya kuVietnam sezvo maVietnamese akashandisa zvombo zvavo zvakavakwa neSoviet pazvikomo zviri pamusoro kuti vanyorovese moto unorema pazvinzvimbo zveFrance; zuva rega rega maVietnamese aiita kurwisa kukuru kwe human wave, achitumira zviuru zvevarwi kuti vaedze kurwisa mitsara yeFrance, chete kuti vadzoswe nguva nenguva. Mauto aBigeard airwa muhondo yakaipisisa paDien Bien Phu, uye pavarume vake 800, makumi mana chete ndivo vakanga vasina kuurayiwa pakapera hondo yacho. 