# Geneva Accords end First Indochina War (1954)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1954-geneva-accords-end-first-indochina-war
Location: Geneva

France withdrew from Indochina as Vietnam was temporarily divided. Within the broader Occupation, Liberation & Fourth Republic period, Defeat in 1940 divided France between Vichy, occupation and resistance. Liberation restored republican government, followed by reconstruction, welfare-state building, European integration and violent decolonization under the Fourth Republic. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is René Coty (President of the French Republic). Geneva Accords end First Indochina War mattered because it reshaped France’s external relationships, territory or place in wider international systems. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Geneva Accords end First Indochina War mattered because it reshaped France’s external relationships, territory or place in wider international systems.

Ruler at the time: [René Coty](https://history-france.com/rulers/rene-coty)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Geneva Accords end First Indochina War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Geneva+Accords+end+First+Indochina+War&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Geneva Accords end First Indochina War](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Geneva+Accords+end+First+Indochina+War)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)