[DOC] [TLE] J! Archive - Show #3868, aired 2001-05-30 [PAR] These should be stored in the fridge pointed end down &amp; should not be ... A 
long siege at this military base in 1954 marked the end of French power in... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Dien Bien Phu - Wikipedia [PAR] The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was the climactic confrontation of the First Indochina 
War between ... France agreed to withdraw its forces from all its colonies in 
French Indochina, ... There had been no long-range plan since de Lattre's 
departure. ... to Navarre, this meant a heavily fortified base capable of 
withstanding a siege. [DOC] [TLE] First Indochina War - Wikipedia [PAR] The First Indochina War began in French Indochina on 19 December 1946 and 
lasted until 1 August 1954. ..... The French sent military expeditions to attack his 
bases, but Giap refused to meet them head-on in battle. ..... Minister on June 17, 
1954, on a promise to put an end to the war, reaching a ceasefire in four months:. [DOC] [TLE] Geneva Conference (1954) - Wikipedia [PAR] The Geneva Conference (April 26  July 20, 1954) was a conference which took 
place in ... The armistice signed at end of the Korean War required a political ... of 
France's position in Indochina and justify past sacrifices even as its military ... on 
April 29 that "the American position at Geneva is an impossible one, so long as... [DOC] [TLE] Khe Sanh And Dienbienphu: Different Wars -- Similar Battles [PAR] In the fall of 1967, General Westmoreland built up the base at Khe Sanh to act as 
... The battle of Dienbienphu marked the end of French colonialism in Vietnam. ... 
the French in the French-Indochina War was the battle of Dienbienphu in 1954. ... 
U.S. Military forces wanted to block the North Vietnamese infiltration into Laos... [DOC] [TLE] Dien Bien Phu & the Fall of French Indochina, 1954 - Milestones in ... [PAR] On May 7, 1954, the French-held garrison at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam fell after a 
four month siege led by Vietnamese nationalist Ho Chi Minh. ... Southeast Asia, 
with Indochina at the center, had long been a region of interest ... In early 1954, 
the French Army was encamped at Dien Bien Phu, a heavily fortified base 
located... [DOC] [TLE] America`s Vietnam War in Indochina - United States History [PAR] The United States involvement in the struggles of French Indochina began in 
1945 at the ... The beginning of the First Indochina War was marked by an 
outbreak of ... in July 1954, not only did the Geneva Accords effectively end 
French control .... the first U.S. combat troops, into South Vietnam to protect U.S. 
military bases in... [DOC] [TLE] French defeated at Dien Bien Phu - May 07, 1954 - HISTORY.com [PAR] In 1954, the Viet Minh army, under General Vo Nguyen Giap, moved against 
Dien Bien Phu ... On May 7, after 57 days of siege, the French positions collapsed
. Although the defeat brought an end to French colonial efforts in Indochina, the 
.... had been fighting a long and bloody war with French colonial interests for 
control. [DOC] [TLE] "We might give them a few." Did the US offer to drop atom bombs at ... [PAR] Feb 21, 2016 ... Editor's note: It was 1954, and the surrounded French garrison was facing ... aid 
to the French army; after all, what did America care if imperial France lost ... a 
piece of Indochina at the upcoming great-power negotiations in Geneva? ... the 
Dien Bien Phu siege, under a plan codenamed Operation Vulture. [DOC] [TLE] The Pentagon Papers, Chapter 2, "US Involvement in the Franco ... [PAR] An examination of Franco-American relations between 1950-1954 suggests, ... 
Although the decision to extend aid to the French military effort in Indochina was 
... into the communist camp, rather than aid for France as a colonial power or a ... 
which held out the promise of ending the long war, put France in a position to... [DOC] [TLE] French Indochina

Question: A long siege at this military base in 1954 marked the end of French power in Indochina
Answer: Dien Bien Phu