Nokusvika kumagumo ehondo, Indochina yakakamurwa kuva mativi maviri, nenzvimbo iri kuchamhembe kweparera 16 yakagarwa nemauto echiChinese echiChinese ane zviuru zana nemakumi mashanu, nepo chikamu chiri kumaodzanyemba chakagarwa nemauto eBritain nemaIndia zviuru makumi maviri zveMajor General Douglas Gracey's 20th Infantry Division. Munguvayi, mutungamiri worudzi rweVietnam Ho Chi Minh akanga azivisa rusununguko rweVietnam
. Leclerc akasvika muSaigon nechikwata chokutanga chemauto eFrance musi wa5 October 1945. Aitsamira pavaBritain nokuda kwezvinhu zvokushandisa uye kutumira zvinhu. Haana kuwirirana naD'Argenlieu, uyo de Gaulle akanga agadza kuti ave French High Commissioner for Indochina.