Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dien_bien_phu

1 sense of dien bien phu

Sense 1
Dien Bien Phu -- (the French military base fell after a siege by Vietnam troops that lasted 56 days; ended the involvement of France in Indochina in 1954)
       INSTANCE OF=> siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockade -- (the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack)