Definition of Dien Bien Phu

1. Noun. The French military base fell after a siege by Vietnam troops that lasted 56 days; ended the involvement of France in Indochina in 1954.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Dien Bien Phu

Didonian
Didonias
Didrikson
Didymoteicho
Diedre
Dieffenbach's method
Dieffenbachia
Dieffenbachia sequine
Diego
Diego Rivera
Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez
Diegueno
Diels-Alder reaction
Diels-Alder reactions
Diels hydrocarbon
Dien Bien Phu (current term)
Dientamoeba fragilis
Dieppe
Dieri
Diervilla
Diervilla lonicera
Diervilla sessilifolia
Dies Irae
Dieterle's stain
Dietl
Dietl's crisis
Dietrich
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dieuaide diagram
Dieulafoy's erosion

Literary usage of Dien Bien Phu

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Accounting for Pow/Mias from the Korean War and the Vietnam War: Hearing edited by Robert K. Dornan (1998)
"The one in Hanoi is shot down at 4 o'clock; the ones in Dien Bien Phu and the DMZ, ... But let's say the F-4 in Dien Bien Phu, the guys came back, ..."

2. Firepower in Limited War by Robert H. Scales, Jr. (1990)
"In a similar period in 1954 the infantry fired 1980 tons even though troop strength remained constant.75 The Lesson of Dien Bien Phu Perhaps had de Lattre ..."

3. Adventure Guide Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia by Janet Arrowood (2006)
"1954 General Giap (North) amasses artillery and men and beat the French around Dien Bien Phu, the first of many miles of tunnels are dug, and the US refuses ..."

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