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Civil conflicts in Vietnam (1945–1949)

Civil conflicts in Vietnam (1945–1949)
BelligerentsCommanders and leadersHo Chi Minh
Trường Chinh
Nguyễn Lương Bằng
Huỳnh Thúc Kháng#
Phạm Văn Đồng



Võ Nguyên Giáp
Chu Văn Tấn
Nguyễn Bình



Phạm Ngọc Thạch
Bồ Xuân Luật
Dương Văn Dương†
Huỳnh Văn Trí






Philippe Leclerc
Jean Sainteny
Jean Crépin
Trần Văn Soái (until 1948)
Vũ Hồng Khanh
Nguyễn Tường Tam

†
Nguyễn Tường Long#
Nguyễn Tôn Hoàn
Trần Văn Tuyên

Khái Hưng

Hà Thúc Ký
Nguyễn Hải Thần
Trương Đình Tri†
†
Cường Để


Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ
Trần Văn Lý
Huỳnh Phú Sổ
Lê Quang Vinh
Trần Văn Soái (from 1948)

Phạm Công Tắc
Trần Quang Vinh
Lê Văn Viễn


Tạ Thu Thâu
Phan Văn Hùm
Phan Văn Chánh
Ngô Văn
Nguyễn Văn Thinh†
Lê Văn Hoạch
Bảo Đại
Nguyễn Văn Xuân
Trần Văn Hữu
Đinh Xuân Quảng

Lu Han
Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu
Jean Étienne Valluy
Émile Bollaert

Trần Trọng Kim
Ngô Đình Khôi
Phạm Quỳnh


Yuitsu Tsuchihashi(POW)
Hisaichi Terauchi


†Units involved

Total: 100,000


  • Tonkinese (1946)
Vietnamese National Revolutionary Army: ~10,000 troops
Duy Dân militias: 2,000
Diocese of Phát Diệm defense forces: 4,000
Hòa Hảo armed forces: Unknown
Caodaist armed forces: 6,000 (1949)
Bình Xuyên: 10,000
/French Foreign Legion: Total 110,000
National Revolutionary Army: 200,000 (1945-1945)
Viet Guard (Việt binh đoàn): ~10,000 (1948-1949) Military of the Nguyễn dynasty (Imperial Guard/Police): Unknown
: ~11,000
National Revolutionary Divions: Unknown

Civil conflicts in Vietnam were a series of events characterized by political violence and civil war which took place soon after the end of World War II. It lasted from the August Revolution in 1945 until the establishment of the State of Vietnam in 1949, during which the communist-led Viet Minh suppressed and terrorized both nationalist and Trotskyist groups. According to David G. Marr, it was an era of hatred, betrayal, and murder.