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First Indochina War

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The First Indochina War, also known as the French Indochina War or the Vietnamese War of Independence, was fought in French Indochina between France and the Viet Minh and their respective allies from 19 December 1946 until 11 August 1954. The war ended in a Viet Minh victory and led to the dissolution of French Indochina and the partition of Vietnam into North and South Vietnam. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Start Year
1946 1
End Year
1954 1
Combatants
France and the French Union against the Viet Minh and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam 1
Outcome
Viet Minh victory; dissolution of French Indochina and partition of Vietnam 1
Classification
Death Toll Min
from 400,000 1
Conflict Type
Colonial or Anti-Colonial War 1
First Indochina War
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.30 Carbine

First Indochina War

Arisaka

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Arisaka Type 99 Rifle

First Indochina War

Bazooka

First Indochina War

Berthier rifle

First Indochina War

Browning Automatic Rifle

First Indochina War

Browning Hi-Power

First Indochina War

Daimler Dingo

First Indochina War

DP-27 Machine Gun

First Indochina War

DShK

First Indochina War

FM 24/29 light machine gun

First Indochina War

Hanyang 88

First Indochina War

Higgins Boat

First Indochina War

Hotchkiss M1922 machine gun

First Indochina War

Hotchkiss Mle 1914 Machine Gun

First Indochina War

Katyusha Rocket Launcher

First Indochina War

Lanchester submachine gun

First Indochina War

Lebel Model 1886 Rifle

First Indochina War

Lunge mine

First Indochina War

M1 carbine

First Indochina War

M1 Garand Rifle

First Indochina War

M1911 Pistol

First Indochina War

M1917 Enfield

First Indochina War

M1919 Browning Machine Gun

First Indochina War

M2 Browning Machine Gun

First Indochina War

M2 half-track car

First Indochina War

M3 Half-Track

First Indochina War

M3 scout car

First Indochina War

M3 Stuart

First Indochina War

M3 submachine gun

First Indochina War

M4 Sherman Tank

First Indochina War

M45 quad mount

First Indochina War

MAC Mle 1950

First Indochina War

Makarov PM Pistol

First Indochina War

MAS-36 rifle

First Indochina War

MAS-38

First Indochina War

MAS-49 Rifle

First Indochina War

MAT-49

First Indochina War

Modèle 1892 revolver

First Indochina War

Mosin-Nagant Rifle

First Indochina War

Napalm

First Indochina War

Panhard 178

First Indochina War

PIAT (Anti-Tank Weapon)

First Indochina War

PPS Submachine Gun

First Indochina War

PPS-43

First Indochina War

Reibel machine gun

First Indochina War

Springfield M1903 Rifle

First Indochina War

Sten Gun

First Indochina War

StG 44

First Indochina War

Thompson Submachine Gun

First Indochina War

Type 11 light machine gun

First Indochina War

Type 3 heavy machine gun

First Indochina War

Type 30 bayonet

First Indochina War

Type 30 rifle

First Indochina War

Type 38 rifle

First Indochina War

Type 44 carbine

First Indochina War

Type 92 heavy machine gun

First Indochina War

Type 96 light machine gun

First Indochina War

Type 99 Light Machine Gun

First Indochina War

Webley Revolver

First Indochina War
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1. Wikipedia: First Indochina War
  • Lead section
    The First Indochina War, known alternatively as the French Indochina War, was fought in French Indochina between the French Union and the Viet Minh and their respective allies, from 19 December 1946 until 11 August 1954.
  • Infobox: Belligerents
    Viet Minh ... France
  • Infobox: Result
    Viet Minh victory
  • Article text
    An estimated 400,000 to 842,707 soldiers died during the war as well as between 125,000 and 400,000 civilians.
  • Lead text
    As part of decolonization, France established the French Union in 1946 and reorganized Indochina in 1949 as a confederation of associated states within it.
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Wikipedia: Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Battles and Campaigns: Battle of Dien Bien Phu, Infobox: part_of
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Wikipedia: M1911 pistol
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Wikipedia: M4 Sherman
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Wikipedia: Katyusha rocket launcher
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Wikipedia: Bazooka
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Wikipedia: Sten Gun
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Wikipedia: Thompson Submachine Gun
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Wikipedia: StG 44
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Wikipedia: M1 Garand Rifle
WikipediaUses: M1 Garand Rifle, infobox wars field: 'First Indochina War'View the Source
Mosin-Nagant (Wikipedia)
Uses: Mosin-Nagant Rifle, infobox wars field: 'First Indochina War'View the Source
Wikipedia: M1903 Springfield
WikipediaUses: Springfield M1903 Rifle, infobox wars field: 'First Indochina War'View the Source
Wikipedia: Browning Hi-Power
WikipediaUses: Browning Hi-Power, infobox wars field: 'First Indochina War'View the Source
Wikipedia: PIAT
WikipediaUses: PIAT (Anti-Tank Weapon), infobox wars field: 'First Indochina War'View the Source
Wikipedia: Browning Automatic Rifle
WikipediaUses: Browning Automatic Rifle, infobox wars field: 'First Indochina War'View the Source
Wikipedia: M3 Stuart
WikipediaUses: M3 Stuart, infobox wars field: 'First Indochina War'View the Source
M1919 Browning machine gun, Wikipedia
Uses: M1919 Browning Machine Gun, infobox wars field: 'First Indochina War'View the Source
Wikipedia: DShK
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Wikipedia: M1 carbine
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Wikipedia: M3 submachine gun
Uses: M3 submachine gun, infobox wars field: 'First Indochina War'View the Source
Wikipedia: MAS-49 rifle
Uses: MAS-49 Rifle, infobox wars field: 'First Indochina War'View the Source
Wikipedia: Type 3 heavy machine gun
Uses: Type 3 heavy machine gun, infobox wars field: 'First Indochina War'View the Source
Wikipedia: Daimler Dingo
Uses: Daimler Dingo, infobox wars field: 'First Indochina War'View the Source
Wikipedia: Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine gun
Uses: Hotchkiss Mle 1914 Machine Gun, infobox wars field: 'First Indochina War'View the Source
Wikipedia: Lunge mine
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Wikipedia: FM 24/29 light machine gun
Uses: FM 24/29 light machine gun, infobox wars field: 'First Indochina War'View the Source
Wikipedia: Hotchkiss M1922 machine gun
Uses: Hotchkiss M1922 machine gun, infobox wars field: 'First Indochina War'View the Source
Wikipedia: M3 half-track
WikipediaUses: M3 Half-Track, Infobox: wars
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World War II Chinese Civil War 1948 Arab-Israeli War Greek Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Costa Rican Civil War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Algerian War Cambodian Civil War Suez Crisis 1958 Lebanon crisis Six-Day War 1973 Arab-Israeli War Lebanese Civil War Salvadoran Civil War Nicaraguan Revolution
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Wikipedia: M2 Browning
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World War II 1947-1949 Palestine war Indonesian National Revolution Korean War First Indochina War Suez Crisis 1958 Lebanon crisis Cuban Revolution Portuguese Colonial War Rhodesian Bush War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Cambodian Civil War Colombian conflict Dominican Civil War Ethiopian Civil War Lebanese Civil War Cambodian-Vietnamese War Sino-Vietnamese War Nicaraguan Revolution Falklands War Operation Urgent Fury Kurdish-Turkish conflict (1978-2025) Iran-Iraq War Operation Just Cause Persian Gulf War Rwandan Civil War Somali Civil War Yugoslav Wars Operation Uphold Democracy War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) Iraq War Mexican drug war Syrian Civil War (2011-present) War in Iraq (2013-2017) Yemeni Civil War (2014-present) Russo-Ukrainian War
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Wikipedia: Arisaka Type 99 Rifle
WikipediaUses: Arisaka Type 99 Rifle, Infobox: wars
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Chinese Civil War Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Indonesian National Revolution Hukbalahap rebellion Soviet-Japanese Border Wars Korean War Malayan Emergency First Indochina War Vietnam War
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Wikipedia: Webley Revolver
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Second Boer War Boxer Rebellion World War I Easter Rising Irish War of Independence Irish Civil War World War II Northern Campaign Indonesian National Revolution 1948 Arab-Israeli war Malayan Emergency First Indochina War Korean War Vietnam War British colonial conflicts Rhodesian Bush War Border Campaign The Troubles
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Wikipedia: Lebel Model 1886 Rifle
WikipediaUses: Lebel Model 1886 Rifle, Infobox: wars
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Boxer Rebellion French colonial expeditions First Italo-Ethiopian War Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) Monegasque Revolution World War I Franco-Turkish War Polish-Soviet War Spanish Civil War Second Italo-Ethiopian War World War II First Indochina War Algerian War (limited) War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) Iraq War (limited)
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Makarov pistol, Wikipedia
Uses: Makarov PM Pistol, Infobox: wars
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First Indochina War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Cambodian Civil War Communist insurgency in Thailand Nicaraguan Revolution Salvadoran Civil War Lebanese Civil War Soviet-Afghan War South African Border War Angolan Civil War Tuareg rebellion (1990-1995) Burundian Civil War First Chechen War Second Chechen War War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) Russo-Georgian War Libyan Civil War Syrian civil war War in Donbas Colombian Conflict Russo-Ukrainian war
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Wikipedia: PPS submachine gun
  • Uses: PPS-43, Infobox: wars
    World War II Chinese Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Bay of Pigs Invasion Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Laotian Civil War Portuguese Colonial War Liberian Civil Wars Rhodesian Bush War Namibian War of Independence Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Uses: PPS Submachine Gun, Infobox: wars
    World War II Chinese Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Bay of Pigs Invasion Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Laotian Civil War Portuguese Colonial War Liberian Civil Wars Rhodesian Bush War Namibian War of Independence Russo-Ukrainian War
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Wikipedia: MAT-49
Uses: MAT-49, Article text
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Kingdom of Laos: Received from French government during First Indochina War.
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Wikipedia: M1917 Enfield
Uses: M1917 Enfield, Infobox: wars
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World War I Banana Wars Spanish Civil War World War II First Indochina War Chinese Civil War Korean War Hukbalahap Rebellion 1958 Lebanon crisis Annexation of Goa Portuguese Colonial War Vietnam War (limited) Laotian Civil War (limited) Lebanese Civil War (limited) Soviet-Afghan War
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Wikipedia: Type 11 light machine gun
Uses: Type 11 light machine gun, Infobox: wars
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Second Sino-Japanese War Soviet-Japanese Border Wars World War II Chinese Civil War Indonesian National Revolution First Indochina War Darul Islam Rebellion Hukbalahap Rebellion Malayan Emergency Korean War Vietnam War
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Wikipedia: MAS-38
Uses: MAS-38, Infobox: wars
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World War II First Indochina War Algerian War Laotian Civil War Vietnam War
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Wikipedia: Type 30 rifle
Uses: Type 30 rifle, Infobox: wars
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Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War World War I Spanish Civil War Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Chinese Civil War First Indochina War Korean War Indonesian National Revolution Malayan Emergency Vietnam War
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Wikipedia: Type 96 light machine gun
Uses: Type 96 light machine gun, Infobox: wars
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Second Sino-Japanese War Soviet-Japanese border conflicts World War II Indonesian National Revolution Chinese Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Vietnam War
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Wikipedia: MAS-36 rifle
Uses: MAS-36 rifle, Article text
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Kingdom of Laos: Received from French government during First Indochina War 1945-1954.
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Wikipedia: Type 38 rifle
Uses: Type 38 rifle, Infobox: wars
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Mexican Revolution Mexican Border War World War I Russian Civil War Spanish Civil War February 26th Incident Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Chinese Civil War Indonesian National Revolution Malayan Emergency Korean War First Indochina War Vietnam War
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Wikipedia: Lanchester submachine gun
Uses: Lanchester submachine gun, Infobox: wars
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World War II Indonesian National Revolution First Indochina War Malayan Emergency Mau Mau rebellion Rhodesian Bush War Suez Crisis Dominican Civil War Nigerian Civil War Gaza war
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Wikipedia: Hanyang 88
Uses: Hanyang 88, Infobox: wars
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Boxer Rebellion 1911 Revolution Northern Expedition Long March Central Plains War Chinese Civil War Second Sino-Japanese War World War II First Indochina War Korean War Soviet-Afghan War
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Wikipedia: Berthier rifle
Uses: Berthier rifle, Infobox: wars
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World War I Polish-Soviet War Greco-Turkish War Rif War (1920) Second Italo-Ethiopian War Spanish Civil War World War II First Indochina War Algerian War
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Wikipedia: Arisaka
Uses: Arisaka, Article text
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Viet Minh: Captured rifles used during the First Indochina War.
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Wikipedia: Type 92 heavy machine gun
Uses: Type 92 heavy machine gun, Infobox: wars
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Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Hukbalahap Rebellion Chinese Civil War Indonesian National Revolution First Indochina War Korean War Vietnam War
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Wikipedia: .30 carbine
Uses: .30 Carbine, Infobox: wars
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World War II Korean War First Indochina War Vietnam War
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Wikipedia: Panhard 178
Uses: Panhard 178, Infobox: wars
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World War II First Indochina War Vietnam War
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Wikipedia: Type 99 light machine gun
Uses: Type 99 Light Machine Gun, Infobox: wars
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Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Indonesian National Revolution Hukbalahap Rebellion Korean War Chinese Civil War First Indochina War Vietnam War
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Wikipedia: M3 scout car
Uses: M3 scout car, Article text
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France employed its M3A1s in the First Indochina War and the Algerian War.
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Wikipedia: MAC Mle 1950
Uses: MAC Mle 1950, Infobox: wars
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First Indochina War Algerian War Suez Crisis Vietnam War Lebanese Civil War Chadian Civil War Western Sahara War Chadian-Libyan conflict Shaba II Algerian Civil War First Ivorian Civil War Second Ivorian Civil War Libyan civil war (2011) Libyan civil war (2014-2020)
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Wikipedia: M45 quad mount
Uses: M45 quad mount, Infobox: wars
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World War II First Indochina War Korean War Vietnam War Portuguese Colonial War Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Lebanese Civil War 1978 South Lebanon conflict Nicaraguan Revolution 1982 Lebanon War Sino-Vietnamese War Third Indochina War Salvadoran Civil War
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Wikipedia: M2 half-track car
Uses: M2 half-track car, Infobox: wars
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World War II First Indochina War Cambodian Civil War Nicaraguan Revolution
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Wikipedia: Reibel machine gun
Uses: Reibel machine gun, Infobox: wars
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World War II 1948 Arab-Israeli War First Indochina War Vietnam War Algerian War Chadian Civil War (1965-79)
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Wikipedia: Modèle 1892 revolver
Uses: Modèle 1892 revolver, Infobox: wars
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French colonial expeditions, World War I, Rif War, Polish-Soviet War Constitutionalist Revolution World War II, First Indochina War
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Wikipedia: Type 44 carbine
Uses: Type 44 carbine, Infobox: wars
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World War I Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Chinese Civil War Indonesian National Revolution Korean War First Indochina War Malayan Emergency
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Wikipedia: Type 30 bayonet
Uses: Type 30 bayonet, Infobox: wars
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Russo-Japanese War World War I Finnish Civil War Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Chinese Civil War Indonesian National Revolution First Indochina War Korean War Vietnam War
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Wikipedia: Degtyaryov machine gun
Uses: DP-27 Machine Gun, Infobox: wars
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Spanish Civil War Winter War World War II Second Sino-Japanese War Korean War Chinese Civil War First Indochina War Vietnam War Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Laotian Civil War North Yemen Civil War Cambodian Civil War Cambodian-Vietnamese War Rhodesian Bush War Portuguese Colonial War Communist insurgency in Thailand Afghan Wars Sino-Vietnamese War Sri Lankan Civil War First Nagorno-Karabakh War Georgian Civil War Yugoslav Wars Somali Civil War Iraq War First Libyan Civil War Northern Mali conflict Syrian Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War
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Wikipedia: LCVP (United States)
WikipediaUses: Higgins Boat, Wikipedia article text
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LCVPs fitted with a roof and an Oerlikon 20 mm cannon were used by the French Navy's Dinassauts during the First Indochina War to patrol the Mekong, along with other US-origin landing craft.
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Napalm, Wikipedia
Uses: Napalm, Wikipedia article text
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The French Air Force regularly used napalm for close air support of ground operations in both the First Indochina War and the Algerian War.
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