The aim of Việt Minh in the 1950 Border Campaign Military_operation was clearing Emptying the way between the Vietnam-China border for the supply Supply flow from the newly-formed People 's Republic of China .

In this campaign Military_operation the Việt Minh also tried to test Testing new tactics and gain Getting new experiences in a large scale battle Hostile_encounter which the Việt Minh had not previously used Using .

In this campaign Military_operation the Việt Minh also tried to test Testing new tactics and gain Getting new experiences in a large scale battle Hostile_encounter which the Việt Minh had not previously used Using .

Several units of the French army , including some battalions of the French Foreign Legion , were devastated Destroying by the Việt Minh and essentially ceased Process_end to exist Preserving as fighting units .

During the French Indochina War Military_operation ( 1945–1954 ) , French forces Military_operation attempted to re-establish Recovering colonial control Control of Vietnam , while the Vietnamese guerrilla forces Military_operation , the Việt Minh , led by Ho Chi Minh fought Hostile_encounter for independence .

Initially the Việt Minh were unsuccessful in dealing Arranging with the better -trained and -equipped French forces Military_operation .

Võ Nguyên Giáp , the military Military_operation leader of the Việt Minh , launched Process_start an offensive Attack against the French in early 1950 .

From February to April , his operation `` Le Hong Phong I '' developed Cause_to_make_progress through the Red River Valley , largely giving Giving the Việt Minh control Control of northwestern Tonkin , near the Chinese border .

The area became Becoming a Việt Minh stronghold , except for the RC4 highway .

On 25 May , 2,500 Việt Minh troops overwhelmed Destroying the French fortress at Dong Khé , which lay Placing at the strategic center of RC4 , thus cutting Change the supply Supply line between the French positions at Cao Bằng and Lạng Sơn .

Meanwhile , the Việt Minh regular army grew Cause_to_make_progress in size and experience .

On 16 September , five Việt Minh infantry and one heavy weapons battalions attacked Attack Đông Khê .

The task force launched Process_start an intelligence raid Attack , capturing Arrest prisoners who said Statement a massive Việt Minh offensive Attack was planned Arranging .

Fighting Violence between French forces Hostile_encounter and their Việt Minh opponents in the south dated from September 1945 .

The conflict pitted a range of forces , including the French Union 's French Far East Expeditionary Corps , led by France and supported Supporting by Bảo Đại 's Vietnamese National Army against the Việt Minh , led by Hồ Chí Minh and the People 's Army of Vietnam led by Võ Nguyên Giáp .

The British refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to do likewise in Saigon , and deferred Change_event_time to the French there from the outset , against the ostensible support Supporting of the Việt Minh authorities by American OSS representatives .

After over one year of latent conflict , all-out war broke out Process_start in December 1946 between French and Việt Minh forces as Hồ Chí Minh and his government went Self_motion underground .

The strategy of pushing Self_motion the Việt Minh into attacking Attack well-defended bases in remote parts of the country at the end of their logistical trails was validated Check at the Battle of Nà Sản .

After a brief lull , Kublai Khan in 1281 turned Motion his attention to Southeast Asia , demanding Request tribute from Pagan , the Khmer Empire , Đại Việt and Champa .

The Việt Cộng , also known as or `` NLF '' ( the National Liberation Front ) , a South Vietnamese common front under the direction of North Vietnam , initiated Process_start a guerrilla war in the south .

North Vietnam had also entered Arriving Laos in the mid-1950s in support of insurgents , setting up the Ho Chi Minh trail to supply and reinforce the Việt Cộng and increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale in 1960 .