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First Indochina War

1946–1954 Southeast Asia Status: ended Casualties: ~400,000–800,000

Ho Chi Minh's Viet Minh fought French colonial restoration for eight years. Giáp's victory at Dien Bien Phu (May 1954) — the first time a non-European power destroyed a European army in pitched battle — ended French Indochina.

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Belligerents

  • French Union
  • Viet Minh (Ho Chi Minh, Giáp)

Casualties

~400,000–800,000

From World at War, an interactive atlas by Jairus Pereira. Figures are approximate, drawn from Wikipedia, UCDP, ACLED and academic sources — a design artefact, not an authoritative register. Contact.