Dien Bien Phu
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Borrowed from French Diên Biên Phu, from Vietnamese Điện Biên Phủ (literally “Dienbien Prefecture”), from 奠邊
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Dien Bien Phu
- A city in Dien Bien Phu prefecture, Dien Bien, Northern Vietnam, North Vietnam, Vietnam
- 1963, Dwight Eisenhower, Mandate for Change 1953-1956[1], Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 339:
- It was argued that during the rainy season the enemy would be roadbound, and the Dien Bien Phu position would therefore prove a real cork in the bottle. To remove it the Communists would attempt to reduce Dien Bien Phu, which would enable the French to induce the main Vietminh forces into a pitched battle on ground where the French could concentrate their supposedly superior forces.
- 1971, Lyndon Johnson, “The Making of a Decision: Vietnam 1967-1968”, in The Vantage Point[2], Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 381:
- Westmoreland reported that the threat in northern I Corps was the most serious of the war. He also noted new intensity in enemy activity in other areas, especially in III Corps, where Saigon is located. He thought that the North Vietnamese saw a similarity between the allied base at Khe Sanh and the base at Dien Bien Phu, where the French had suffered a disastrous defeat in 1954.
- A prefecture of Dien Bien, Northern Vietnam, North Vietnam, Vietnam
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