French Forces in Indochina

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial army ⓘ
military formation ⓘ
commandStructure French High Command in Indochina ⓘ
conflict First Indochina War ⓘ
Indochina War ⓘ
linked to: First Indochina War
conflictResult French military defeat ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing Geneva Accords of 1954 ⓘ
linked to: Geneva Accords
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 guerrillas ⓘ
linked to: Viet Minh
recruitedFrom Indigenous troops in Indochina ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
metropolitan France ⓘ
linked to: Metropolitan France
replacedBy Royal Cambodian Army ⓘ
linked to: Cambodian military

Royal Lao Army ⓘ
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 Kingdom of Cambodia ⓘ
linked to: Cambodia

Kingdom of Laos ⓘ
linked to: Laos

State of Vietnam ⓘ
United States ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Cambodia ⓘ
Laos ⓘ
Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
timePeriod post–World War II era ⓘ
usedBy French Union ⓘ
French Union forces ⓘ
French colonial administration in Indochina ⓘ

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Jean de Lattre de Tassigny → notableCommand → French Forces in Indochina ⓘ
Japanese coup d’état in French Indochina → opponent → French Army in Indochina ⓘ
linked to: French Forces in Indochina
Battle of Na San → casualtiesSide → French Union suffered lighter losses than Viet Minh ⓘ
linked to: French Forces in Indochina
Marcel Alessandri → servedIn → French colonial forces in Indochina ⓘ
linked to: French Forces in Indochina
French High Command in Indochina → hasPart → French Navy units in Indochina ⓘ
linked to: French Forces in Indochina
Battle of the Red River Delta → partOf → French Union defense of Tonkin ⓘ
linked to: French Forces in Indochina
Đinh Công Tráng → opponent → French colonial army in Indochina ⓘ
linked to: French Forces in Indochina