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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. A town of northwest Vietnam near the Laos border. The French military base here fell to Vietminh troops on May 7, 1954, after a 56-day siege, leading to the end of France's involvement in Indochina.

WordNet 3.0

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

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  • “Lyndon Johnson was worried — some say obsessed — by the potential similarity of Khe Sanh to Dien Bien Phu thirteen years before.”

    1968

  • “The Communists laid siege to Dien Bien Phu and crushed the French, winning independence and undermining French influence all over the world.”

    1968

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  1. Indochina
  1. South Vietnam
  1. Vietnam
  1. North Vietnam

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