Learn how the French waged war on the communist Viet Minh in the First Indochina War after World War II
First Indochina War erupts in Vietnam, December 19, 1946.
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NARRATOR: By early 1946, all Allied forces had withdrawn from Indochina, leaving France to oppose Ho Chi Minh's new government in Hanoi. On December 19, 1946, the first Indochina war began.
For the next eight years the war raged on. The Viet Minh, who had retreated into the jungles to conduct a hit-and-run guerrilla war, controlled the villages and hamlets of the rural countryside. The French controlled the cities and major towns.
For the next eight years the war raged on. The Viet Minh, who had retreated into the jungles to conduct a hit-and-run guerrilla war, controlled the villages and hamlets of the rural countryside. The French controlled the cities and major towns.