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The 46 pages that link to First Indochina War, each with the reason it gives.

• Vietnam WarNarrower topic: Its outcome ended French rule and preceded Vietnam's division.

• French IndochinaRelated: The war decisively weakened France’s ability to retain the federation.

• Ho Chi MinhRelated: Ho’s government led the Viet Minh through the war that ended French rule.

• Pentagon PapersRelated: The study begins its account with U.S. involvement during France’s war in Vietnam.

• Cambodian Civil WarNarrower topic: Its aftermath left Cambodia exposed to unresolved regional political rivalries.

• Vietnamese nationalismRelated: The war tested whether nationalist sovereignty could be secured through armed struggle against France.

• Truman DoctrineRelated: American aid to France extended doctrine-style support into Southeast Asia.

• French Fourth RepublicRelated: Its defeat at Dien Bien Phu and the Geneva settlement ended French rule in Indochina.

• VietnamBroader topic: Its outcome ended French colonial rule and led to Vietnam’s temporary partition.

• Việt MinhNarrower topic: The front's armed struggle against France became the war's central conflict.

• August RevolutionRelated: France’s attempt to restore colonial rule turned the revolution’s gains into a prolonged war.

• Battle of Dien Bien PhuNarrower topic: Dien Bien Phu was the war’s decisive military confrontation.

• Ho Chi Minh TrailNarrower topic: Its logistical experience and postwar divisions shaped later North Vietnamese supply routes.

• Ngô Đình DiệmRelated: The war’s end created the conditions for Diệm’s appointment and the division of Vietnam.

• Võ Nguyên GiápNarrower topic: Giáp’s military reputation was forged commanding Việt Minh forces in this war.

• Bảo ĐạiRelated: The conflict shaped the limited authority and contested legitimacy of his later government.

• Laotian Civil WarNarrower topic: Its end left Laos independent but politically vulnerable to renewed regional conflict.

• Geneva AccordsNarrower topic: Its battlefield deadlock and French defeat made negotiations urgent.

• Lê DuẩnRelated: The war expanded Lê Duẩn’s responsibilities in the party’s southern organization.

• Pierre Mendès FranceRelated: Mendès France made ending this war the urgent task of his premiership.

• Indochinese Communist PartyRelated: Communist-led forces extended the party’s revolutionary struggle into a prolonged anti-colonial war.

• Pham Van DongRelated: Dong's rise in government coincided with the war for independence from France.

• Army of the Republic of VietnamRelated: The war created the Vietnamese National Army from which ARVN inherited personnel and institutions.

• Cambodian independenceRelated: The costly regional war increased pressure on France to negotiate Cambodian sovereignty.

• Communist Party of VietnamRelated: The party-led Viet Minh victory ended French colonial rule in northern Vietnam.

• Partition of VietnamNarrower topic: Its conclusion produced the negotiations that divided Vietnam.

• Pathet LaoRelated: The Pathet Lao allied with the Viet Minh during the war and emerged as a major political force.

• IndochinaBroader topic: The war made the colonial meaning of Indochina globally prominent.

• SouphanouvongNarrower topic: The war created the regional conditions for Souphanouvong’s armed political movement.

• Southeast Asia Treaty OrganizationRelated: The war’s end and the division of Vietnam fed the security concerns behind SEATO.

• Buddhist crisisNarrower topic: Its end and the partition of Vietnam created the state in which the crisis unfolded.

• Geneva ConferenceNarrower topic: The conference negotiated the ceasefire that ended this war.

• Nguyễn Văn ThiệuNarrower topic: The war ended French rule and set the conditions for Thiệu’s military career in a divided Vietnam.

• Viet CongNarrower topic: Its end left unresolved conflicts that shaped the later insurgency in the south.

• Vincent AuriolRelated: The war ended during Auriol’s presidency and weakened the Fourth Republic.

• History of VietnamBroader topic: Its outcome ended French colonial rule and divided Vietnam temporarily.

• Philippe Leclerc de HauteclocqueRelated: Leclerc led the French expeditionary force during its return to northern Vietnam in 1945.

• Raoul CoutardRelated: Coutard worked as a war photographer in Indochina before becoming a cinematographer.

• HaiphongRelated: The war began in the crisis that followed violence in Hải Phòng.

• Hòa HảoRelated: Hòa Hảo leaders and followers navigated competing political forces during this war.

• Indochina warsBroader topic: It ended French colonial rule and set the conditions for Vietnam’s division.

• Raoul SalanNarrower topic: Salan commanded French forces there before returning to a leading role in Algeria.

• 1963 South Vietnamese coup d'étatNarrower topic: The conflict’s outcome shaped the state and institutions that the coup later overturned.

• Decolonisation of AsiaBroader topic: Its end dismantled French colonial rule in Indochina and divided Vietnam.

• Ho Chi Minh ThoughtRelated: The struggle against France linked national liberation to the revolutionary state’s political program.

• Tô Ngọc VânRelated: Vân joined the resistance’s cultural effort and died during this war.