In which 1954 battle did the Vietminh defeat the French and end their influence in Indochina?
French colonial empire Ramadier's (SFIO) cabinet repressed the Malagasy Uprising in Madagascar in 1947. French officials estimated the number of Malagasy killed from a low of 11,000 to a French Army estimate of 89,000. In Asia, Ho Chi Minh's Vietminh declared Vietnam's independence, starting the First Indochina War. The French Union's struggle against the independence movement, which was backed by the Soviet Union and China. The war dragged on until 1954 after the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in northern Vietnam and became the last major battle between the French and the Vietnamese in the First Indochina War. Following the Vietnamese victory Dien
French Indochina by Confucianism more dominant in Vietnam, while Buddhism was more widespread in Laos and Cambodia. In addition, active Catholic missionaries were widespread throughout Indochina and roughly 10% of Tonkin's population identified as Catholic by the end of French rule. 's origins began during this period as well. Unlike Algeria, French settlement in Indochina did not occur at a grand scale. By 1940, only about 34,000 French civilians lived in French Indochina, along with a smaller number of French military personnel and government workers. The principal reasons why French settlement did not grow in a manner similar to that in French