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 ⓘ
French Indochina War ⓘ
linked to: First Indochina War

Kháng chiến chống Pháp ⓘ
belligerent Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
France ⓘ
French Union forces ⓘ
Laotian Royal forces ⓘ
linked to: Royal Lao Army

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 ⓘ
Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
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 (1950) ⓘ
Haiphong incident ⓘ
location Annam ⓘ
Cochinchina ⓘ
French Indochina ⓘ
Northern Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ
People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China

Soviet Union ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Indochina War → alsoKnownAs → Anti-French Resistance War ⓘ
Anti-French Resistance War → alsoKnownAs → Kháng chiến chống Pháp ⓘ
linked to: Anti-French Resistance War