. . . . . . . . . "* Departure of the French from Indochina" . . . "*" . . . "war with the French" . . . . . "clashed with the French" . . . "1946-12-19" . "late 1953" . . . . . . . . . . . "Indochina policy" . "nationalist insurgency" . . . . . "First_Indochina_War#War_crimes_and_re-education_camps" . . . . . . . "First Indochina War" . "communist guerrilla war for Vietnamese independence" . . . . . . . . . "Pathet Lao(1949\u20131954)" . . . . . . . . . "Vietnam" . . . "anti-French resistance" . . . . "French" . . . "Soviet Union" . . "DR Vietnam" . "Indochina 1945-1954" . "First Indochina War" . . . "French\u2013Vietnamese war during the 1950s" . . . . . . . . . . . "Regional: 75,000" . . . . "Kingdom of Cambodia" . . "Communist-ledVi\u1EC7t Minhvictory" . . . . . . "B\u00ECnh Xuy\u00EAn" . . . . . . "long and brutal war" . . "wartime" . . . . "the fight" . . . . . "First Anti-French and Anti-Colonial communist" . . "France" . . . . . . . "Indochine 1948–1950 1952\u20131953" . . "*Kingdom of Laos" . . . "campaign in Indochina" . . . . . "conflict in Indochina" . "hostilities in Indo-China" . "Indochina War" . . . . . "the war against French rule" . . . . . . . . "Indochinese War" . . . . "(1947\u20131954)" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "violent conflict" . . "150,000" . . . . . "Indo-China War" . "Total: c. 450,000" . . . . . . . . . . . . "* Vietnam is partitioned betweenNorth(controlled by the Vi\u1EC7t Minh) andSouth(controlled by theState of Vietnam)" . . . "*Start of theVietnam War" . . . . . . . . "France:" . "defeat in Indochina" . . . "Indochine 1949\u20131954" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "eight-year conflict" . . "Anti-French Resistance War" . . . . "Indochina" . . . . . . . . . . . . "State of Vietnam:" . "French Indochina" . . . "French war" . . "United Issarak Front" . . . . . . . . . . . "war in Vietnam" . "First Indochina War 1947\u20131954" . . "Indochine 1946-1954" . . . . . . . "Indochinese" . . "war" . . . "First Indochina War (1946\u20131954)" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Local Auxiliary: 55,000" . "*1954 Geneva Conference" . . . . . "decade of war" . . . . . . . . . . "eight years of war" . . . "First Battle of French Indochina" . . . . . . . . . . . "French War in Indochina" . "protracted war against France" . . . . . . . "fight for Vietnam's independence" . . "Indochine 1946\u20131954" . "*State of Vietnam,Democratic Republic of Vietnam,Kingdom of LaosandKingdom of Cambodiaachieve independence" . . . . . . . . . "Franco-Vietnamese War" . . "First" . . "French War" . "struggle against the French" . . . "war against French occupying forces" . "Japanese volunteers" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "French war in Vietnam" . "People's Republic of China" . . . "resistance" . . . "first battle of Laos" . . . . . . . . . . "FormerImperial Japanese Armyvolunteers: c. 5,000" . . "United States" . . . "First Indo-China War" . . "war of independence" . . . . . . "Communist uprising in French Indochina" . . "regain control of French Indochina" . . . . . "France" . . . "Indo-China War of 1947\u201354" . "independence movement" . . "liberation of French Indochina" . . "the First Indochina War" . . . "French invasion of Vietnam in 1946" . "First Indochina War#US Air Force assistance (1952\u20131954)" . "war against the Viet Minh in Indochina" . . "Republic of China" . . . "*State of Vietnam" . "Cao \u0110\u00E0i" . "(1950\u20131954)" . . "war in Indochina" . . . . . . . . . . "175,000\u2013300,000 dead or missing (Western historian estimated)" . "war situation in Indochina" . "*Vi\u1EC7t Minh" . . "Indochina war" . "war for independence" . . . . . "Indo-China 1946" . . . "Indochine" . . . . . . . "would make it difficult" . . "fight against the French for independence" . . "(1949\u20131954)" . . . . . . "colonial war in Vietnam" . . . "anti-French Colonial Regime war" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "first Indochina War" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "French - Vietnam conflicts" . . . "Total: c. 395,000" . "Vi\u1EC7t Minh:" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Indochine 1947\u20131950 1953\u20131954" . "defeat of the French" . "H\u00F2a H\u1EA3o" . . . . "War in Indochina" . "French Indochina War" . . . . . . "Supported by:" . . "1946 invasion of Vietnam" . . "Indochine 1947-1954" . . . "resistance war of Viet Minh against French invasion" . . . . . . . . "conflict between the French and the Viet Minh" . . . "their service in Indochina" . . . . "war against the French colonialists" . . . "Indo-China" . . . "first Indochinese war of independence" . . . . . "191,605 dead or missing (Vietnamese Government's figure)" . "colonial war" . "Second Indochina War" . . . . . . . "French-Indochina War" . . . . "engaged in Indochina" . . . . . . "Vietnamese offensive" . . "Khmer Issarak" . . . . . . . . . "French Indochina war" . "(1952\u20131954)" . . . "First Indochina" . . . "French colonial war" . . "Irregulars: 250,000" . . . . "Vi\u1EC7t Minh:" . . . "Indochine 1948-1954" . . . . . . "Regulars: 125,000" . . . "Expeditionary Corps: 190,000" . . . "Lao Issara(1945\u20131949)" . . "front line" . . . "of Vietnam" . . . . . . . "insurgency" . .