Yes , at least that is how historians look at the war in Indochina .
After the BATTLE OF DIEN BIEN PHU, the French considered the First Indochina War to have been a defeat and withdrew from all Indochina (including Vietnam).
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was fought from March 13 to May 7, 1954, and was the decisive engagement of the First Indochina War (1946-1954), the precursor to the Vietnam War.
The battle of Dien Bien Phu was fought March 13th 1954 all the way until May 7th 1954 and it was the decisive engagement of the first Indochina War which went from 1946 to 1954.
Dien Bien Phu is a place in Northwestern Vietnam .
The battle marked the beginning of the end for French Colonial rule within Indochina .
The Siege of Dien Bien Phu : March 13 - May 7, 1954 .
The airport code for Dien Bien Phu Airport is DIN.
The battle and the annihilation of the French Garrison symbolized the end of French Colonial rule in Indochina .
The defeat led to the eventual expulsion of French forces from all of Indochina .
Battle for Dien Bien Phu - 1979 was released on: USA: 1979
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu in North Vietnam in 1954.
French forces at Dien Bien Phu fell to the communist Viet Minh May 7th 1954 .