<P> The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ( French : Bataille de Diên Biên Phu ; Vietnamese : Chiến dịch Điện Biên Phủ , IPA : ( ɗîəˀn ɓīən fû ) ) was the climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War between the French Union 's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist - nationalist revolutionaries . It was , from the French view before the event , a set piece battle to draw out the Vietnamese and destroy them with superior firepower . The battle occurred between March and May 1954 and culminated in a comprehensive French defeat that influenced negotiations underway at Geneva among several nations over the future of Indochina . </P>
<P> The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ( French : Bataille de Diên Biên Phu ; Vietnamese : Chiến dịch Điện Biên Phủ , IPA : ( ɗîəˀn ɓīən fû ) ) was the climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War between the French Union 's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist - nationalist revolutionaries . It was , from the French view before the event , a set piece battle to draw out the Vietnamese and destroy them with superior firepower . The battle occurred between March and May 1954 and culminated in a comprehensive French defeat that influenced negotiations underway at Geneva among several nations over the future of Indochina . </P>
when was the battle of dien bien phu and what was the result
when was the battle of dien bien phu and what was the result
between March and May 1954 a comprehensive French defeat
between March and May 1954 a comprehensive French defeat