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Noun: Dien Bien Phu
  1. The French military base fell after a siege by Vietnam troops that lasted 56 days; ended the involvement of France in Indochina in 1954

Type of: beleaguering, besieging, military blockade, siege

Encyclopedia: Dien Bien Phu