Indochina War (For Want of a Telegram)

Indochina War
US combat troops in Ia Drang
Date 19 December 1946 - 30 April 1975 (28 years, 4 months, 1 week and 4 days) Location French Indochina Result Viet Minh victory Withdrawal of French and American-led forces from Indochina Indochina gains independence from France Nationalist government takes power in Indochina Beginning of the Indochinese Civil War
Belligerents
France Japan Thailand United States (1950-1975) Australia (1952-1975) New Zealand (1952-1975) Manchukuo (1960-1973) Korea (1962-1975) Supported by Canada Germany United Kingdom Iran	Viet Minh Lao Issara Khmer Issarak Chinese Nationalist Republic Supported by Russian Nationalist Republic Mexican Nationalist Republic Bohemian Nationalist Republic Bulgaria Hungary Spain
Commanders and leaders
Main commanders Vincent Auriol Charles de Gaulle Hirohito Douglas MacArthur Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Richard Nixon Robert Menzies Keith Holyoake Kangde Syngman Rhee Park Chung-hee	Main commanders Nguyễn Văn Hinh Nguyễn Văn Thiệu Ho Chi Minh Souphanouvong Norodom Sihanouk Son Ngoc Minh Chiang Kai-shek
Strength
750,000 550,000 100,000 55,000 24,000 15,000 8,000 1,250 Total: 1,503,250	2,891,000 122,000 Total: 3,013,000
Casualties and losses
Total: 892,000	Total: 2,003,290