Battle of Dien Bien Phu
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements, Wars, Battles, Empires, Dynasties, Communism, Communists
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, French History, Asian History
- Geographical Location: Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Indochina
- Date: March 13-May 7, 1954
Article abstract: Type of action: Ground battle in Indochina War. Result: Viet Minh victory; France departs Vietnam, which is partitioned into North and South Vietnam at the 1954 Geneva Conference.
Late in 1953, the French sought to end the struggle they had entered into eight years earlier with the Communist-led Viet Minh by drawing Viet Minh general Vo Nguyen Giap’s forces into a conventional battle in which superior technology would prove decisive and break the back of the guerrillas. General Henri Navarre picked Dien Bien Phu because there were no roads...
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