dien bien phu

English Thesaurus

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

instance hypernym	:	beleaguering, besieging, military blockade, siege,
definition	:	the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack (noun.act)

domain region	:	annam, socialist republic of vietnam, viet nam, vietnam,
definition	:	a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945 (noun.location)