War in Vietnam (1945–1946)

War in Vietnam
Part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War
A Japanese naval officer surrenders his sword to a British Lieutenant in Saigon on 13 September 1945.
Date September 13, 1945 – March 30, 1946 (6 months, 2 weeks and 3 days) Location Southern Vietnam below the 16th parallel Result Operational success Restoration of French rule in Indochina First Indochina War begins
Belligerents
France Indochina  British Empire United Kingdom India Japan	Việt Minh	Cao Đài militia Hòa Hảo militia Bình Xuyên militia Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng
Commanders and leaders
Douglas Gracey Philippe Leclerc	Hồ Chí Minh Võ Nguyên Giáp Lê Duẩn
Casualties and losses
40 British/Indian soldiers killed Unknown	Unknown

Operational success

France

 British Empire

Cao Đài militia

40 British/Indian soldiers killed

The War in Vietnam, codenamed Operation Masterdom by the British, and also known as Nam Bộ kháng chiến (English: Southern Resistance War) by the Vietnamese, was a post–World War II armed conflict involving a largely British-Indian and French task force and Japanese troops from the Southern Expeditionary Army Group, versus the Vietnamese communist movement, the Viet Minh, for control of the country, after the unconditional Japanese surrender.

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