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'''Dien Bien Phu''' is a town in northwest [[Vietnam]]. It was the site of a battle between the French and [[Viet Minh]] fought in 1954.

'''Dien Bien Phu''' is a town in northwest [[Vietnam]]. It was the site of a battle between the French and [[Viet Minh]] fought in 1954.

By 1954, Vietnamese nationalists under the leadership of [[Ho Chi Minh]] had been waging a guerilla war against the French colonial government of what was then French Indochina since 1946. The Vietnamese insurrection was receiving significant military aid from the [[Chinese Communist Party]], which overthrew the [[Chinese Nationalist Government]] with Soviet aid in 1949. The United States, which eventually became committed to stopping the spread of [[communism]] as per the [[containment]] doctrine, began financing 80 percent of the French war effort.

By 1954, Vietnamese nationalists under the leadership of [[Ho Chi Minh]] had been waging a guerilla war against the French colonial government of what was then French Indochina since 1946. The Vietnamese insurrection was receiving significant military aid from the [[Chinese Communist Party]], which overthrew the [[Chinese Nationalists]] with Soviet aid in 1949. The United States, which eventually became committed to stopping the spread of [[communism]] as per the [[containment]] doctrine, began financing 80 percent of the French war effort.

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