<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the First Indochina War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> French Union paratroopers dropping from a C - 119 transport </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 13 March--7 May 1954 (1 month, 3 weeks and 3 days) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> 21 ° 23 ′ 13" N 103 ° 0 ′ 56" E ﻿ / ﻿ 21.38694 ° N 103.01556 ° E ﻿ / 21.38694; 103.01556 Coordinates: 21 ° 23 ′ 13" N 103 ° 0 ′ 56" E ﻿ / ﻿ 21.38694 ° N 103.01556 ° E ﻿ / 21.38694; 103.01556 Vicinity of Điện Biên Phủ, Vietnam </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Decisive Viet Minh victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Termination of French involvement in Indochina </Li> <Li> Signing of Geneva Conference (1954) </Li> <Li> End of the First Indochina War </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> Vietnam is temporarily divided at the 17th Parallel </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 13 March--7 May 1954 (1 month, 3 weeks and 3 days) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> 21 ° 23 ′ 13" N 103 ° 0 ′ 56" E ﻿ / ﻿ 21.38694 ° N 103.01556 ° E ﻿ / 21.38694; 103.01556 Coordinates: 21 ° 23 ′ 13" N 103 ° 0 ′ 56" E ﻿ / ﻿ 21.38694 ° N 103.01556 ° E ﻿ / 21.38694; 103.01556 Vicinity of Điện Biên Phủ, Vietnam </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Decisive Viet Minh victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Termination of French involvement in Indochina </Li> <Li> Signing of Geneva Conference (1954) </Li> <Li> End of the First Indochina War </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> Vietnam is temporarily divided at the 17th Parallel </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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