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The First Indochina War (generally known as the Indochina War in France, and as the Anti-French Resistance War in Vietnam, and alternatively internationally as the French-Indochina War) was fought between France and Việt Minh (Democratic Republic of Vietnam), and their respective allies, from 19 December 1946 until 21 July 1954. [19]
The State of Vietnam [a] (Vietnamese: Quốc gia Việt Nam; Chữ Hán: 國家越南; French: État du Viêt-Nam) was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1949 until 1955, first as a member of the French Union and later as a country (from 4 June 1954 to 26 October 1955).
The following is a list of ecoregions in Vietnam defined by the World Wide Fund ... . Ecoregions are sorted by biome. [1] ... Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
The Vietnam War began shortly after, between the communist North Vietnam, supported by the Soviet Union and China, and the anti-communist South Vietnam, supported by the United States. Upon the North Vietnamese victory in 1975, Vietnam reunified as a unitary socialist state under the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) in 1976.
While Chiang Kai-shek, Xiao Wen (Hsiao Wen) and the Kuomintang central government of China was disinterested in occupying Vietnam beyond the allotted time period and involving itself in the war between the Viet Minh and the French, Lu Han held the opposite view and wanted to occupy Vietnam to prevent the French returning and establish a Chinese ...
[9] [10] Political upheaval and Communist insurrection put an end to the monarchy after World War II, and the country was proclaimed a republic in September 1945. After the ideological wars and fall of anti-communist state in the South in April 1975, Vietnam officially became a unified communist state on 2 July 1976. [11] [12] [13]
Bitter fighting between the two sides continued during the Vietnam War, ending with a communist victory in 1975. Emerging from a long and bitter war, the war-ravaged nation was politically isolated. The government's centrally planned economic decisions hindered post-war reconstruction and its treatment of the losing side engendered more ...
In the opinion of some authorities, this was a moment in which the U.S. might have averted the First Indochina War (and the later Vietnam War) had the U.S. told France bluntly to observe the 6 March agreement which recognized the Việt Minh as a legitimate government authority. [87] Socialist Léon Blum became premier of France. A few days ...