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Conflict East Asia

First Indochina War

1946 CE – 1954 CE · 8 years

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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First Indochina War on Wikipedia.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Viet Minh (Ho Chi Minh, Giap)
  • France

Key moments

Defining events in the First Indochina War.

  1. 1946 Battle of Hanoi
  2. 1950 Battle of Cao Bang
  3. 1954 Battle of Dien Bien Phu

Elsewhere in East Asia at the time

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Landmark · East Asia

Yakushima

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · East Asia

Empire of Japan

1868 CE – 1947 CE

Trade route · East Asia

Tea Horse Road

700 CE – 1950 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Chinese Civil War

1927 CE – 1949 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Great Wall of China

700 BCE – still standing

Polity · East Asia

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

Founded 1948 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Malayan Emergency

1948 CE – 1960 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Ha Long Bay

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1946 CE and 1954 CE.

1946 CE Hukbalahap Rebellion 1948 CE Malayan Emergency 1950 CE Korean War 1950 CE Chinese Annexation of Tibet 1950 CE Battle of Inchon

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá Landmark · Americas 1954 CE – still standing British Raj Polity · South Asia 1858 CE – 1947 CE Henry Ford Figure · United States 1863 CE – 1947 CE Indo-Pakistani Wars Conflict · South Asia 1947 CE – 1971 CE Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Prussia Polity · Europe 1525 CE – 1947 CE
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