First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam.

The First Indochina War, known alternatively internationally as the French Indochina War or the Vietnamese War of Independence, was fought in French Indochina between France and the Communist-led Viet Minh independence movement and their respective allies, from 19 December 1946 until 11 August…