Civil conflicts in Vietnam (1945–1949)

Civil war in Vietnam, 1945–1949
	Part of French Indochina in World War II, the South-East Asian theatre of World War II, the Pacific Theater of World War II, the aftermath of World War II, the Indochina wars and the Cold War in Asia
	; Top Left: A Viet Minh soldier and a non-communist nationalist soldier, wearing a salacot and calot respectively, accuse each other of being Việt gian (traitors). Drawing from a nationalist newspaper in Huế, June 1947.; Top Right: A political meeting in Hanoi, circa March or April 1946, featuring the flags of the Việt Minh, Việt Quốc (Đại Việt, VNQDĐ), Việt Cách, and Dân Chủ.; Bottom left: Bảo Đại (center) at a meeting of nationalist leaders in British Hong Kong in 1947.; Bottom right: Ho Chi Minh and children holding the Viet Minh flag while the two men behind holding the flags of Viet Quoc and Viet Cach. A drawing from Sự thật newspaper.
Date	August 1945 – June 1949
Location	Vietnam, French Indochina
Result	Partial Viet Minh victory Élysée Accords; Destruction of the Trotskyists; Virtual dissolution of nationalist parties; Death of multiple opposition politicians; Emergence of attentistes and the State of Vietnam; Arrival of the Cold War in Indochina;
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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.