French Forces in Indochina

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colonial army military formation

The French Forces in Indochina were the colonial military forces of France engaged in the First Indochina War against the Viet Minh across Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1946 to 1954.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
French Army in Indochina 1
French Forces in Indochina canonical 1
French Union suffered lighter losses than Viet Minh 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial army ⓘ
military formation ⓘ
commandStructure French High Command in Indochina ⓘ
conflict First Indochina War ⓘ
First Indochina War ⓘ
surface form: Indochina War
conflictResult French military defeat ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing Geneva Accords ⓘ
surface form: Geneva Accords of 1954
endTime 1954 ⓘ
engagedInBattle Battle of Dien Bien Phu ⓘ
Battle of Hoa Binh ⓘ
Battle of Na San ⓘ
Battle of Route Coloniale 4 ⓘ
Battle of the Red River Delta ⓘ
garrison Hanoi ⓘ
Saigon ⓘ
historicalRegion Southeast Asia ⓘ
location French Indochina ⓘ
opponent Viet Minh ⓘ
partOf French Armed Forces ⓘ
primaryEnemy People's Army of Vietnam ⓘ
Viet Minh ⓘ
surface form: Viet Minh guerrillas
recruitedFrom Indigenous troops in Indochina ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
Metropolitan France ⓘ
surface form: metropolitan France
replacedBy Cambodian military ⓘ
surface form: Royal Cambodian Army

Royal Lao Army ⓘ
Armed Forces of the Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: South Vietnamese armed forces
role colonial security force ⓘ
counterinsurgency operations ⓘ
startTime 1946 ⓘ
subordinateUnit French Far East Expeditionary Corps ⓘ
French Foreign Legion ⓘ
French colonial air units ⓘ
French colonial artillery ⓘ
French colonial infantry ⓘ
French colonial naval units ⓘ
supportedBy Cambodia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Cambodia

Laos ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Laos

State of Vietnam ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
theaterOfOperations Cambodia ⓘ
Laos ⓘ
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
timePeriod post–World War II era ⓘ
usedBy French Union ⓘ
French Far East Expeditionary Corps ⓘ
surface form: French Union forces

French colonial administration in Indochina ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jean de Lattre de Tassigny → notableCommand → French Forces in Indochina ⓘ
Japanese coup d’état in French Indochina → opponent → French Forces in Indochina ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Army in Indochina
Battle of Na San → casualtiesSide → French Forces in Indochina ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Union suffered lighter losses than Viet Minh