noun
First Indochina War (1946-1954)
Historical term referring specifically to the war between France and the Viet Minh in French Indochina.
インドシナ戦争は1954年のジュネーヴ協定で終結した。
The First Indochina War ended with the 1954 Geneva Accords.
Standard modern spelling using katakana for the place name.
Ateji spelling; rarely used and may be considered outdated or politically sensitive.
Refers to the later Vietnam War (1955-1975), which involved the United States and was a separate conflict from the First Indochina War.
Compound of インドシナ (Indochina) + 戦争 (war). The place name is a Western coinage combining 'India' and 'China', adopted into Japanese.