Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Nepo kurwisana kwakawedzera musi wa25 Chikunguru 1948; hondo yePhu Tong Hoa yakaitika. Kambani yokurwisana yaKaputeni Cardinal yakadzivisa noushingi ndokuramba yakamira kwemaawa 9 ichirwisana nokurwisa kusingamiswi kweViet Minh. Muna 1950, mutungamiri webato mukuru Forget nebato rose rechitatu vakanyangarika paCao Bằng munzira yekoloni 4 munhandare yehondo yechinyakare yeVatorwa
. Kunyange zvakadaro, chikwata ichi chakanga chichiri kuita muhondo pa Đông Khê, Bac Khan uye Điện Biên Phủ muna 1954. Chiremera chacho chakanga chatofirwa nezvakaenzana nemabhatirioni mashanu muIndochina. Nezvikwangwani zvina zvitsva, 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment yakawana "fourragère" ine mavara eribhoni yeMédaille militaire, uye nemavara eribhoni yeCroix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures. Mukurwisa Indochina, hurumende yakanga yarasikirwa nevakuru makumi manomwe nevanomwe, mazana matatu nemakumi matanhatu nemana maNCO, zviuru zvitatu nemazana matatu nemakumi mapfumbamwe nematanhatu mamwe mazita: huwandu hwezviuru zvitatu nemazana masere nemakumi matatu nenomwe Legionnaires.