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Indochina War

First Indochina War
Part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War
First Indochina War COLLAGE.jpg
Clockwise from top: After the fall of Dien Bien Phu supporting laotian troops fall back across the Mekong River into Laos; French Marine commandos wade ashore off the Annam coast in July 1950; M24 Chaffee American light tank used by French in Vietnam;
Date 19 December 1946 (1946-12-19) – 1 August 1954 (1954-08-01)
(7 years, 7 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Location French Indochina, mainly North Vietnam
Result

Viet Minh victory

Territorial
changes
Provisional division of Vietnam
Belligerents

France France (1945–1954)

Cambodia Cambodia
(1953–1954)
 Laos
(1953–1954)
South Vietnam State of Vietnam (1949–1954)


Supported by:
 United States(1950–1954)
 Taiwan (1950–1954)

North Vietnam Viet Minh (formally known as Democratic Republic of Vietnam)
Laos Lao Issara (1945–1949)

Cambodia Khmer Issarak


Supported by:
 Soviet Union
 China (1949–1954)
 East Germany
Commanders and leaders

French Expeditionary Corps

State of Vietnam

North Vietnam Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam Võ Nguyên Giáp
Laos Souphanouvong
Cambodia Son Ngoc Minh
Strength
French Union:
190,000
Local Auxiliary:
55,000
State of Vietnam:
150,000
Total: ~400,000
Viet Minh:
Regulars: 125,000
Regional: 75,000
Popular Forces/Irregulars: 250,000
Former Imperial Japanese Army volunteers: 5,000
Total: ~450,000
Casualties and losses
French Union:
75,581 dead
64,127 wounded,
40,000 captured
State of Vietnam:
58,877 dead or missing
Total: ~134,500 dead or missing
Viet Minh:
175,000–300,000 dead or missing
125,000–400,000 civilians killed

Viet Minh victory

France France (1945–1954)

Cambodia Cambodia
(1953–1954)
 Laos
(1953–1954)
South Vietnam State of Vietnam (1949–1954)

North Vietnam Viet Minh (formally known as Democratic Republic of Vietnam)
Laos Lao Issara (1945–1949)


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