First Indochina War

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conflict decolonization war war

The First Indochina War was a conflict from 1946 to 1954 between French colonial forces and the Viet Minh that led to the end of French rule in Indochina and set the stage for the Vietnam War.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Indochina War 4
First Indochina War (political phase) 1
French Indochina War 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf conflict ⓘ
decolonization war ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Anti-French Resistance War ⓘ
First Indochina War ⓘ
surface form: French Indochina War
belligerent Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
French Far East Expeditionary Corps ⓘ
surface form: French Union forces

Cambodia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Cambodia

Laos ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Laos

People's Army of Vietnam ⓘ
Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: State of Vietnam

Viet Minh ⓘ
surface form: Viet Minh guerrillas
cause Vietnamese struggle for independence from French colonial rule ⓘ
power vacuum after Japanese surrender in World War II ⓘ
commandedBy Henri Navarre ⓘ
Ho Chi Minh ⓘ
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny ⓘ
Vo Nguyen Giap ⓘ
dividedEntity Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
divisionLine 17th parallel north ⓘ
endDate 1954-08-01 ⓘ
followedBy Vietnam War ⓘ
impact accelerated decolonization in Southeast Asia ⓘ
increased U.S. involvement in Vietnam ⓘ
legalOutcome Geneva Accords recognized independence of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia ⓘ
location Cambodia ⓘ
French Indochina ⓘ
Laos ⓘ
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
mainBelligerent France ⓘ
Viet Minh ⓘ
partOf Cold War ⓘ
precededBy Japanese coup d’état in French Indochina ⓘ
surface form: Japanese occupation of French Indochina
result French defeat ⓘ
Geneva Accords ⓘ
surface form: Geneva Accords of 1954

end of French colonial rule in Indochina ⓘ
independence of Cambodia ⓘ
independence of Laos ⓘ
partition of Vietnam at the 17th parallel ⓘ
significantBattle Battle of Dien Bien Phu ⓘ
Battle of Na San ⓘ
Battle of Route Coloniale 4 ⓘ
significantEvent Geneva Conference of 1954 ⓘ
startDate 1946-12-19 ⓘ
supportedBy China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China

Soviet Union ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
theaterOf conventional warfare ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

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

Viet Minh → activeDuring → First Indochina War ⓘ
First Indochina War → alsoKnownAs → First Indochina War ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Indochina War
French Fourragere → associatedConflict → First Indochina War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indochina War
Geneva Accords → concernsConflict → First Indochina War ⓘ
French Far East Expeditionary Corps → conflict → First Indochina War ⓘ
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny → conflict → First Indochina War ⓘ
Ngo Dinh Diem → conflict → First Indochina War ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Indochina War (political phase)
Nguyen Van Thieu → conflict → First Indochina War ⓘ
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque → conflict → First Indochina War ⓘ
Viet Minh → conflict → First Indochina War ⓘ
Battle of Dien Bien Phu → conflictOf → First Indochina War ⓘ
French Naval Aviation → conflictParticipatedIn → First Indochina War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indochina War
French Indochina → dissolvedFollowing → First Indochina War ⓘ
French Army → engagedIn → First Indochina War ⓘ
Marine Troops (Troupes de marine) → engagedIn → First Indochina War ⓘ
subject surface form: Troupes de marine
August General Uprising → followedBy → First Indochina War ⓘ
August Revolution in Vietnam → followedBy → First Indochina War ⓘ
Foreign Legion → historicalConflict → First Indochina War ⓘ
Vietnamese nationalism → historicalContext → First Indochina War ⓘ
French Foreign Legion → historicalEngagement → First Indochina War ⓘ
Tonkin → historicalEventAssociated → First Indochina War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tonkin Campaign
Government of North Vietnam → inConflict → First Indochina War ⓘ
French Fourth Republic → involvedIn → First Indochina War ⓘ
War Remnants Museum → mainSubject → First Indochina War ⓘ
Geneva Conference of 1954 → mainTopic → First Indochina War ⓘ
French Fusiliers Marins → notableEngagement → First Indochina War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indochina War
Battle of Dien Bien Phu → partOf → First Indochina War ⓘ
Ho Chi Minh → participantIn → First Indochina War ⓘ
Truong Chinh → participantIn → First Indochina War ⓘ
Vo Nguyen Giap → participantIn → First Indochina War ⓘ
Democratic Republic of Vietnam → participatedIn → First Indochina War ⓘ
Vietnam War → precededBy → First Indochina War ⓘ
French Union → significantEvent → First Indochina War ⓘ
subject surface form: Hoa Lo Prison
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar → usedInConflict → First Indochina War ⓘ
Médaille militaire → usedInConflict → First Indochina War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indochina War