However france continued its control until soundly defeated by ho chi minhs communist forces in 1954 during the first indochina war. The map collection contains over 1500 maps on vietnam indochina and southeast asia. Sino Vietnamese War Wikipedia Mapping the war though the war in vietnam was fought throughout the country a few locations are better understood through visual representation. China vietnam war map . Explore the crucial elements of the vietnam war in this interactive map. The communist north and the anti communist south. China responded in early 1979 with an attack on vietnam. Mao zedongs death in 1976 led to a two year power struggle for leadership of china. Shortly thereafter based on the geneva accord vietnam was divided into two parts. Dimensions are larger than 14 x 85. Meanwhile soviet allied north vietnam annexed south vietnam and in late 1978 invaded chinese backed cambodia. Shortly therea...