Battle of Dien Bien Phu

When

13 Mar 1954 – 7 May 1954

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

21.39° N, 103.02° E

Description

The decisive battle of the First Indochina War

1954 battle in the First Indochina War

The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ was a defeat of the French Union forces by the Viet Minh forces in the First Indochina War. It took place between 13 March and 7 May 1954.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Việt Minh forces under General Võ Nguyên Giáp began a massive artillery bombardment on the French military, beginning the Battle of Dien Bien Phu”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Việt Minh kämpfen in der Điện Biên Phủ gegen die Franzosen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “défaite et capitulation française à la bataille de Diên Biên Phu”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Индокитайская война: начало битвы при Дьенбьенфу”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “437 km al oeste de la ciudad indochina de Hanói (en la actual Vietnam) ―en el marco de la guerra de Vietnam (1955‑1975)―”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “越南人民軍解放越南西北重鎮奠邊府，殲滅法國和保大政府軍隊共16,000多人。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ディエンビエンフーの戦い（第一次インドシナ戦争中最大の戦闘）”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• First Indochina War19 Dec 1946 · War of independence · Deaths 450,000