The First Indochina War was fought in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia between France and the Viet Minh, the communist-led independence movement headed by Ho Chi Minh. It followed Japan's wartime occupation and the Viet Minh's declaration of independence, and escalated after negotiations with France broke down and fighting erupted in Hanoi and Haiphong. The Viet Minh waged a guerrilla war that grew into a conventional campaign, helped after 1949 by the new communist government in China, while France received increasing financial support from the United States. The French defeat at Dien Bien Phu led to the Geneva Accords, which divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel and ended French rule in Indochina, setting the stage for the Vietnam War.
Before and after
- 20 October 1946Birth of Elfriede Jelinek
- 4 November 1946Birth of Laura Bush
- 11 December 1946Founding of UNICEF
- 18 December 1946Birth of Steven Spielberg
- from 19 December 1946 to 1 August 1954First Indochina War
- from 26 December 1946 to 27 January 1995Rise of Italian Social Movement - National Right
- 1947Rise of Ba'athism
- 1947Publication of The Plague
- 1947Founding of FK Žalgiris
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