page_title: Military history of Vietnam
section_title: Hong Bang period
hierarchical_section_title: Military history of Vietnam / Hong Bang period
caption_attribution_description: English: Axes
context_page_description: Army and warfare made their first appearance in Vietnamese history during the 3rd millennium BC. Throughout thousands of years, wars played a great role in shaping the identity and culture of people inhabited the land which is modern day Vietnam.
  The military history of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam began when Japan invaded French Indochina and soon defeated the French resistance. Since then, Vietnam has fought in many conflicts in Indochina.
context_section_description: Weapons are the most common Bronze Age artifacts found so far. The presence of arms in many tombs of upper-class people indicates the existence of a warrior class in Dong Son society during the Hong Bang period.
caption: Dong Son battle axes
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