Withdrawal from Operation Camargue

Date: August 10, 1953 • Location: Paris, France

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1946–1954.

First Indochina War: The French Union withdrew its forces from Operation Camargue against the Việt Minh in central modern-day Vietnam.

The First Indochina War, known alternatively as the French Indochina War, was fought in French Indochina between the French Union and the Viet Minh and their respective allies, from 19 December 1946 until 11 August 1954. Most of the engagements of this conflict occurred in Vietnam.