historical battle of Dien Bien Phu

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/historical_battle_of_Dien_Bien_Phu
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:battle
gptkbp:casualties Viet Minh: ~4,000 killed, ~9,000 wounded
French Union: ~2,293 killed, ~5,195 wounded, ~10,998 captured
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Viet_Minh
gptkb:French_Union
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Henri_Navarre
gptkb:Christian_de_Castries
Vo Nguyen Giap
gptkbp:country gptkb:Vietnam
gptkbp:endDate 1954-05-07
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Geneva_Conference
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label historical battle of Dien Bien Phu
gptkbp:involves artillery
trench warfare
paratroopers
air support
gptkbp:location gptkb:Dien_Bien_Phu,_Vietnam
gptkbp:mediaType book: "Hell in a Very Small Place" by Bernard Fall
film: "Dien Bien Phu" (1992)
gptkbp:memorial A1 Hill Memorial
Dien Bien Phu Museum
gptkbp:notableEvent French garrison surrendered
Airdrop resupply by French
Heavy use of artillery by Viet Minh
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Battle_of_Dien_Bien_Phu
gptkbp:partOf First Indochina War
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Battle_of_Na_San
gptkbp:result Viet Minh victory
gptkbp:significance Ended French colonial rule in Indochina
Led to Geneva Accords
gptkbp:startDate 1954-03-13
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:northwest_Vietnam
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6