Corps expéditionnaire français en Extrême-Orient

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The Corps expéditionnaire français en Extrême-Orient was the French military force deployed primarily in Indochina after World War II, playing a central role in the First Indochina War against the Viet Minh.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French military formation ⓘ
expeditionary corps ⓘ
activeDuring post–World War II period ⓘ
branch Armée de terre française ⓘ
conflict First Indochina War ⓘ
Indochina War ⓘ
linked to: First Indochina War
country France ⓘ
demobilizedAfter Geneva Accords of 1954 ⓘ
linked to: Geneva Accords
endTime 1956 ⓘ
followedBy French military mission in South Vietnam ⓘ
garrison Saigon ⓘ
headquartersLocation Saigon ⓘ
historicalContext French attempt to reassert colonial control in Indochina after Japanese surrender ⓘ
includedBranch French Air Force ⓘ
French Army ⓘ
French Foreign Legion ⓘ
French Navy ⓘ
Indigenous auxiliary forces ⓘ
Troupes coloniales ⓘ
nativeName Corps expéditionnaire français en Extrême-Orient ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Dien Bien Phu ⓘ
Battle of Hoa Binh ⓘ
Battle of Na San ⓘ
Battle of Route Coloniale 4 ⓘ
Battle of the Red River Delta ⓘ
opponent Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
Viet Minh ⓘ
partOf French Army ⓘ
precededBy French Far East Expeditionary Forces formed during World War II ⓘ
primaryLanguage French ⓘ
role counterinsurgency operations against Viet Minh ⓘ
main French combat force in Indochina after World War II ⓘ
support of French colonial administration in Indochina ⓘ
shortName CEFEO ⓘ
startTime 1945 ⓘ
subordinateTo French Ministry of War ⓘ
French Ministry of the Armed Forces ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Cambodia ⓘ
French Indochina ⓘ
Laos ⓘ
Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
usedAuxiliaryLanguages Khmer ⓘ
Lao ⓘ
Vietnamese ⓘ
usedEquipment French small arms of World War II era ⓘ
U.S.-supplied equipment under French–U.S. military aid ⓘ
armored vehicles ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
combat aircraft ⓘ

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French Far East Expeditionary Corps → alsoKnownAs → Corps expéditionnaire français en Extrême-Orient ⓘ
Corps expéditionnaire français en Extrême-Orient → nativeName → Corps expéditionnaire français en Extrême-Orient ⓘ
CEFEO → fullName → Corps Expéditionnaire Français en Extrême-Orient ⓘ
linked to: Corps expéditionnaire français en Extrême-Orient