Major conflict1946 – 1954 · 8 years
First Indochina War
Indochina · Vietnam
Estimated casualties
500Ksingle estimate · no range published
French colonial war against Vietnamese independence resulting in French withdrawal and Vietnam partition.
Belligerents3
- France
- Viet Minh
- Vietnam
Conflict graph
SUB-CONFLICTS · 13
- Battle of Thakhek1946
- Battle of Viet Bac1946
- Battle of Cao-Bang1950
- Battle of Dong-Khe1950
- Battle of Red River Delta1950
- Battle of Day River1951
- Battle of Hoa Binh1951
- Battle of Mao Khe1951
- Battle of Nghia Lo1951
- Battle of Vinh Yen1951
- Battle of Nghia Lo1952
- Battle of Yen Bai1952
+ 1 more in the atlas.
Sources
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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