Battle of Dien Bien Phu

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:battle
gptkbp:casualties Viet Minh: ~4,000 killed, 9,000 wounded
French Union: ~2,200 killed, 1,700 missing, 1,700 wounded, 11,721 captured
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Viet_Minh
gptkb:French_Union
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Christian_de_Castries
Vo Nguyen Giap
gptkbp:country gptkb:Vietnam
gptkbp:endDate 1954-05-07
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Geneva_Accords
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Dien Bien Phu
gptkbp:location gptkb:Dien_Bien_Phu,_Vietnam
gptkbp:notableFor French reliance on air supply
Turning point in decolonization of Southeast Asia
Use of trench warfare and heavy artillery by Viet Minh
gptkbp:partOf First Indochina War
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Operation_Castor
gptkbp:result Decisive Viet Minh victory
gptkbp:significance Precipitated the Geneva Conference of 1954
Led to the end of French colonial rule in Indochina
gptkbp:startDate 1954-03-13
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Geneva_Conference_(1954)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5