Dienbienphu

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1. A place in Indochina, now Vietnam, where Vietnamese communists decisively defeated French forces in 1954. The defeat led to the French withdrawal from Indochina. (See Vietnam War.)

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Dienbienphu

Giap's main claim to fame is that he led the forces that defeated the French at Dienbienphu, but he is well aware that he is up against a very different enemy now.

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Pleven had been Defense Minister during Dienbienphu, feared ugly comparisons with the Algerian war.

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After the French defeat at Dienbienphu in 1954, Thailand accepted 50,000 Vietnamese refugees.

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Finally, says Eden, the U.S. considered a naval air strike at Dienbienphu on April 28, 1954, but was deterred by British objections.

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The North Vietnamese sustained three times as many casualties as the French at Dienbienphu.

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