Anti-French Resistance War

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The Anti-French Resistance War, better known internationally as the First Indochina War, was the conflict from 1946 to 1954 in which Vietnamese forces led by the Viet Minh fought to end French colonial rule in Vietnam.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf First Indochina War
decolonization conflict
war
alsoKnownAs First Indochina War
First Indochina War
surface form: French Indochina War

Anti-French Resistance War
surface form: Kháng chiến chống Pháp
belligerent Democratic Republic of Vietnam
France
French Far East Expeditionary Corps
surface form: French Union forces

Royal Lao Army
surface form: Laotian Royal forces

Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (FARK)
surface form: Royal Cambodian forces

State of Vietnam
Viet Minh
commander Henri Navarre
Ho Chi Minh
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Vo Nguyen Giap
conflictIn Cambodia
Laos
Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
consequence creation of North Vietnam
creation of South Vietnam
partition of Vietnam at the 17th parallel
decisiveBattle Battle of Dien Bien Phu
endDate 1954-07-21
followedBy Vietnam War
ideologicalContext Vietnamese nationalism
anti-colonialism
communism
keyEvent Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Battle of Hanoi (1946–1947)
Battle of Hoa Binh
Battle of Na San
Border Campaign of 1950
surface form: Border Campaign (1950)

Haiphong incident
location Annam
Cochinchina
French Indochina
northern Vietnam
surface form: Northern Vietnam

Tonkin
notableFeature French reliance on fortified bases
significant civilian displacement
use of guerrilla tactics by Viet Minh
opposedBy French colonial authorities
partOf Cold War
decolonization of Asia
precededBy August Revolution
Japanese occupation of French Indochina
primaryObjective achieve Vietnamese independence
end French colonial rule in Vietnam
result French military defeat
Viet Minh victory
end of French colonial rule in Indochina
startDate 1946-12-19
supportedBy French Fourth Republic
China
surface form: People's Republic of China

Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
theaterOfWar conventional battles
rural guerrilla warfare
timePeriod 20th century
post–World War II era
treaty Geneva Accords
treatySignedOn 1954-07-21

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First Indochina War alsoKnownAs Anti-French Resistance War
Anti-French Resistance War alsoKnownAs Anti-French Resistance War
this entity surface form: Kháng chiến chống Pháp