| Vietnamese National Army | |
|---|---|
| Quân đội Quốc gia Việt Nam (Vietnamese) | |
 | |
| Founded | 1950[1] |
| Disbanded | 1955 |
| Leadership | |
| Chief of State | See list |
| Chief of the General Staff | See list |
| Personnel | |
| Active personnel | As of July 1954: Total: 205,500[2] |
| Related articles | |
| History | First Indochina War (1949–1954) Battle of Saigon (1955) |
The Vietnamese National Army (VNA; Vietnamese: Quân đội Quốc gia Việt Nam, lit. 'Military of the State (or Nation) of Vietnam', chữ Hán: 軍隊國家越南; French: Armée Nationale Vietnamienne, lit. 'Vietnamese National Army') was the State of Vietnam's military force created shortly after the Élysée Accords, where the State of Vietnam was recognized by France as an independent country ruled by Vietnamese Emperor Bảo Đại. It was commanded by Vietnamese General Hinh and was loyal to Bảo Đại. The VNA fought in joint operations with the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps (CEFEO) against the communist Việt Minh forces led by Ho Chi Minh. Different units within the VNA fought in a wide range of campaigns including the Battle of Nà Sản (1952), Operation Hautes Alpes (1953), Operation Atlas (1953) and the Battle of Dien Bien Phu (1954).
It should not be confused with the opposing Communist-led military force which has once adopted the synonymous name National Army of Vietnam (also Quân đội Quốc gia Việt Nam) in about the same period but then soon renamed itself as the existing Vietnam People’s Army. On 30 December 1955, the VNA was reorganized as the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces.
- ^ "A Brief Overview of the Vietnam National Army and the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces (1952-1975), PERSPECTIVES ON RVNAF FROM FRUS, Stephen Sherman and Bill Laurie". Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
- ^ a b c LES ANCIENNES FORCES ANNAMITES Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Colonel Maurice Rives based on the scholar thesis Nguyen Van Phai's "L'Armée Vietnamienne", Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier, 1980