Dien Bien Phu.
Although no COUNTRY surrendered, units of the French Army did - thus ending French involvement in the Vietnam conflict.
The Vietminh victory caused the French to withdraw from Vietnam.
France .
1946.
Dien Bien Phu
March 1954-the French surrender at Dien Bien Phu.
The French Indochina
No , the US assisted the French .
They gave up their Vietnamese Colony and returned to Europe.
vietminh
dien bien phu
The Americans were fighting the Japanese at the time and the vietminh were also fighting for independance hoping to gain the U.S. as a ally after the war . After WW II the Americans were afraid of the communist influence of the vietminh and decided that backing the French rule was a better decision wich could be adapted to a freely elected pro US form of government .