Last battle, last French defeat, ended the war.
Northwestern Vietnam .
8,290 died in captivity .
The Viet Minh defeated the French .
Dien Bien Phu is a place in Northwestern Vietnam .
The Battle of Dien Bein Phu shaped the war, by ending it.
The airport code for Dien Bien Phu Airport is DIN.
The Siege of Dien Bien Phu : March 13 - May 7, 1954 .
The battle took place on the west side of Dien Bien district, in Lai Chau province, 500 km northwest of Hanoi. Dien Bien Phu is surrounded by mountains and lies in the Muong Thanh valley, a 20-km long and 6-km wide heart-shaped basin. The Nam Rom River runs across the valley, which is why the Dien Bien Phu valley is so fertile.
Battle for Dien Bien Phu - 1979 was released on: USA: 1979
French forces at Dien Bien Phu fell to the communist Viet Minh May 7th 1954 .
The battle in 1954 were French forces were defeated .
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.