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The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ was a climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War that took place between 13 March and 7 May 1954. It was fought between the French Union 's colonial Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist revolutionaries.
Apr 30, 2024 · Battle of Dien Bien Phu, the decisive engagement in the First Indochina War (1946–54). It consisted of a struggle between French and Viet Minh (Vietnamese Communist and nationalist) forces for control of a small mountain outpost on the Vietnamese border near Laos .
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oct 27, 2009 · The Battle of Dien Bien Phu, fought from March 13 to May 7, 1954, was a decisive Vietnamese military victory that brought an end to French colonial rule in Vietnam.
Jun 12, 2006 · On May 7, 1954, the end of the battle for the jungle fortress of Dien Bien Phu marked the end of French military influence in Asia, just as the sieges of Port Arthur, Corregidor and Singapore had, to a certain extent, broken the spell of Russian, American and British hegemony in Asia.
- Bernard B. Fall
Dien Bien Phu was the decisive battle of the First Indochina War. By mid-1953 the conflict was in its seventh year, with no obvious prospect of victory for either side. French generals had tried a variety of tactics to eradicate the Viet Minh, to no avail.
Dec 22, 2017 · The Battle of Dien Bien Phu began in mid-March and ended in early May 1954. In the end, of the 16,000 French troops, fewer than 100 broke through the siege at Dien Bien Phu, with the rest killed, wounded, or captured. The defeat was a complete rout for the French.
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu (French: Bataille de Diên Biên Phu; Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Điện Biên Phủ) was the climactic battle of the First Indochina War between French Union forces of the French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Vietnamese Viet Minh communist revolutionary forces.
