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French Indochina War
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First Indochina War
The
First Indochina War
(generally known as the
Indochina War
in France, and as the
Anti-French Resistance War
in contemporary
Vietnam
) began in
French Indochina
on 19 December 1946 and lasted until 1 August 1954. Fighting between French forces and their
Viet Minh
opponents in the South dated from September 1945. The conflict pitted a range of forces, including the
French Union
's
French Far East Expeditionary Corps
, led by
France
and supported by Emperor
Bảo Đại
's
Vietnamese National Army
against the
Viet Minh
, led by
Ho Chi Minh
and its
People's Army of Vietnam
led by
Vo Nguyen Giap
. Most of the fighting took place in
Tonkin
in Northern Vietnam, although the conflict engulfed the entire country and also extended into the neighboring French Indochina
protectorates
of
Laos
and
Cambodia
.
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