First Indochina War

The First Indochina War was fought between France and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) from December 1946 to July 1954. The war began after the French overthrew the DRV government in Cochinchina in September 1945, and escalated into a full-scale conflict in December 1946. The war involved a low-level rural insurgency and eventually turned into a conventional war between two armies equipped with modern weapons, with the French supplied by the United States and the DRV supplied by the Soviet Union and China. The conflict was marked by guerrilla warfare, conventional battles, and the use of novel tactics by the DRV. The war ended with the signing of the Geneva Accords on July 21, 1954.learn more on wikipedia