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

United Kingdom

India

France

Japan

Việt Minh

Cao Đài militia

Hòa Hảo militia

Bình Xuyên militia

Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng

Commanders and leaders

Casualties and losses

40 British/Indian soldiers killed

Unknown

Operational success

United Kingdom

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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