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First Indochina War

1946–1954 French colonial war in Vietnam
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First Indochina War
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Summary

First Indochina War is a war[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of war entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,470 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: French Indochina[3]
  • Location: French Indochina[4]
  • Part of: Indochina Wars[5], Cold War[6]
  • Commons category: First Indochina War[7]
  • Start time: December 19, 1946[8]
  • End time: August 1, 1954[9]
  • Participant: Vietnamese Independence League[10], Lao Issara[11], Khmer Issarak[12], French Fourth Republic[13], Kingdom of Cambodia[14], Kingdom of Laos[15], State of Vietnam[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:First Indochina War[17]
  • Commons gallery: First Indochina War[18]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19]
  • Related category: Category:First Indochina War fiction[20]

Why It Matters

First Indochina War has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Pescan · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0005020-indocinska-valka-19461954
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