Dien Bien Phu

English Alternative forms en Dienbien Phu Dienbienphu Điện Biên Phủ Etymology en fr Diên Biên Phu, from en vi Điện Biên Phủ Dienbien Prefecture, from vi 奠邊府 (en zh 奠邊府); from the province of vi Điện Biên stable frontier + vi phu. Of vi phu, from vi 府 (en zh 府). Of vi Điện Biên, from vi 奠邊 (en zh 奠邊); from vi điện + vi biên; from vi 奠 (en zh 奠) + vi 邊 (en zh 邊). Pronunciation en /djɛnbjɛnˈfuː/ 1 Proper noun Dien Bien Phu en city prefecture/Dien Bien Phu province/Dien Bien geographic region/Northern Vietnam cc/North Vietnam c/Vietnam. en 1963 w:Dwight Eisenhower Mandate for Change 1953-1956 https://archive.org/details/mandateforchange00eise/ Garden City, New York w:Doubleday & Company 63-18447 64309101 339 https://archive.org/details/mandateforchange00eise/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. en 1971 w:Lyndon Johnson The Making of a Decision: Vietnam 1967-1968 w:The Vantage Point https://archive.org/details/vantagepointpers00john/ w:Holt, Reinhart & Winston 0-03-084492-4 74-102146 1067880747 381 https://archive.org/details/vantagepointpers00john/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. en 1978 w:Richard Nixon RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon https://archive.org/details/rnmemoirsofricha00nixo/ Grosset & Dunlap 0-448-14374-7 77-87793 760525066 7561812M 152 https://archive.org/details/rnmemoirsofricha00nixo/page/152/ Early in April there was a respite from the crisis; it seemed that the French troops might be able to hold on at Dien Bien Phu. en prefecture province/Dien Bien geographic region/Northern Vietnam cc/North Vietnam c/Vietnam. Related terms en Dien Bien Translations Dien Bien Phu Chinese: zh 奠邊府, zh 奠边府 French: fr Diên Biên Phu Japanese: ja 奠邊府, ja ディエンビエンフー Vietnamese: vi Điện Biên Phủ, vi 奠邊府 Dien Bien Chinese: zh 奠邊 French: fr Diên Biên Japanese: ja ディエンビエン, ja 奠邊 Vietnamese: vi Điện Biên, vi 奠邊