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First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam.
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First Indochina War
1946–1954 French colonial war in Vietnam
The First Indochina War was fought between France and Việt Minh, and their respective allies, from 19 December 1946 until 21 July 1954. Việt Minh was led by Võ Nguyên Giáp and Ho Chi Minh. Most of the fighting took place in Tonkin in Northern Vietnam, although the conflict…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
French Union
1946–1958 political entity of France
The French Union was a political entity created by the French Fourth Republic to replace the old French colonial empire system, colloquially known as the "French Empire". It was de jure the end of the "indigenous" status of French subjects in colonial areas. It was dissolved in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Operation Camargue
1953 French operation in the First Indochina War
Operation Camargue was one of the largest operations by the French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Vietnamese National Army in the First Indochina War. It took place from 28 July until 10 August 1953. French armored platoons, airborne units and troops delivered by landing craft…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Viet Minh
Vietnam's communist-led independence movement (1941-55)
The Việt Minh is the common and abbreviated name of the League for Independence of Vietnam, which was a communist-led national independence coalition formed at Pác Bó by Ho Chi Minh on 19 May 1941. Also known as the Việt Minh Front, it was created by the Indochinese Communist…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Vietnam
Country in Southeast Asia
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about 331,000 square kilometres (128,000 sq mi) and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)