Dien Bien Phu

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airport battle human settlement museum town valley

Dien Bien Phu is a town in northwestern Vietnam best known as the site of the decisive 1954 battle that ended French colonial rule in Indochina.

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Label Occurrences
Dien Bien Phu canonical 6
Dien Bien Phu valley 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf airport ⓘ
battle ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
museum ⓘ
town ⓘ
valley ⓘ
capitalOf Dien Bien province ⓘ
conflictBetween France ⓘ
Viet Minh ⓘ
country Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
dedicatedTo Battle of Dien Bien Phu ⓘ
distanceFrom about 474 km northwest of Hanoi ⓘ
endTime 1954-05-07 ⓘ
formerName Muong Thanh ⓘ
hasClimate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
hasCommemoration annual celebrations of Dien Bien Phu victory on May 7 ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent Battle of Dien Bien Phu ⓘ
hasLandmark A1 Hill memorial ⓘ
Dien Bien Phu Victory Monument ⓘ
Dien Bien Phu battlefield historical site ⓘ
French command bunker of Colonel de Castries ⓘ
hasMuseum Dien Bien Phu Victory Monument ⓘ
surface form: Dien Bien Phu Victory Museum
hasTimezone Indochina Time ⓘ
hasTransport Dien Bien Phu Airport ⓘ
historicalRole major French fortified base during First Indochina War ⓘ
symbol of anti-colonial struggle in Vietnam ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Dien Bien Phu ⓘ
languageUsed Vietnamese ⓘ
locatedIn northwestern Vietnam ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Dien Bien province ⓘ
locatedInFormerEntity French Indochina ⓘ
locatedInRegion Northwest region of Vietnam ⓘ
locatedInValley Muong Thanh Valley ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Nam Rom River ⓘ
location Dien Bien Phu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
nearBorderWith Laos ⓘ
partOf First Indochina War ⓘ
result decisive Viet Minh victory ⓘ
defeat of French forces in northwestern Vietnam ⓘ
serves Dien Bien Phu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
significance ended major French military presence in Indochina ⓘ
led to Geneva Accords on Indochina ⓘ
marked end of French colonial rule in Indochina ⓘ
startTime 1954-03-13 ⓘ
topLevelAdministrativeDivision Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
utcOffset +07:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Dien Bien Phu → location → Dien Bien Phu ⓘ
Battle of Dien Bien Phu → alsoKnownAs → Dien Bien Phu ⓘ
Battle of Dien Bien Phu → namedAfter → Dien Bien Phu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dien Bien Phu valley
northwestern Vietnam → contains → Dien Bien Phu ⓘ
subject surface form: Northwestern Vietnam
Dien Bien Phu → location → Dien Bien Phu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Dien Bien Phu → serves → Dien Bien Phu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Dien Bien Phu Airport
Christian de Castries → surrenderedAt → Dien Bien Phu ⓘ