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Event war East Asia

First Indochina War

1946 CE – 1954 CE

Ho Chi Minh's Viet Minh fought France for Vietnamese independence. General Giap's stunning victory at Dien Bien Phu — where a jungle army defeated a European colonial power in pitched battle — ended…

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1946–1954 French colonial war in Indochina

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Conflict · East Asia

First Indochina War

1946 CE – 1954 CE

Ho Chi Minh's Viet Minh fought France for Vietnamese independence. General Giap's stunning victory at Dien Bien Phu — where a jungle army defeated a European colonial power in pitched battle — ended French Indochina and set the stage for American involvement.

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