Haiphong incident

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The Haiphong incident was a violent 1946 clash between French colonial forces and Vietnamese nationalists in the port city of Haiphong that escalated tensions and helped trigger the First Indochina War.

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Haiphong incident canonical 1
Haiphong incident of November 1946 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
military confrontation
alsoKnownAs Haiphong massacre
belligerent French colonial forces
Viet Minh
Vietnamese nationalists
causeOf Battle of Hanoi (1946)
full-scale war in Tonkin
combatant1 French Army
French Navy
combatant2 Viet Minh forces in Haiphong
conflictType colonial conflict
consequence collapse of negotiations between France and Viet Minh
outbreak of the First Indochina War
radicalization of Vietnamese nationalist movement
countryAtTime French Indochina
date 1946-11-23
fatalitiesEstimate hundreds of Vietnamese civilians and combatants killed
several thousand Vietnamese casualties (higher estimates)
followedBy general French–Viet Minh war in northern Vietnam
historicalPeriod post–World War II decolonization
involvedOrganization French colonial administration in Indochina
Viet Minh government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
location Haiphong
linked to: Hai Phong
method artillery shelling
naval bombardment of Haiphong
opposedLeaderSide2 Ho Chi Minh
Vo Nguyen Giap
partOf First Indochina War prelude
linked to: First Indochina War

decolonization of Indochina
precededBy Franco-Vietnamese negotiations in 1946
presentDayLocation Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
relatedTo First Indochina War
French Indochina
Vietnamese independence movement
result French victory
escalation of tensions between France and Viet Minh
significance key turning point in ending peaceful negotiations between France and Viet Minh
major catalyst for the First Indochina War
strategicObjectiveSide1 secure control of Haiphong port and customs revenues for France
strategicObjectiveSide2 maintain Vietnamese sovereignty over Haiphong
triggeredBy French attempt to assert control over Haiphong
dispute over customs and control of Haiphong port
year 1946

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Anti-French Resistance War keyEvent Haiphong incident
Battle of Hanoi (1946–1947) precededBy Haiphong incident of November 1946
linked to: Haiphong incident