First Indochina War - General Leclerc arrived in Saigon, accompanied by French Colonel Massu's March Group
Time: Tuesday Oct 9, 1945
Place: French Indochina (Now Vietnam)
Details: On October 9, 1945, General Leclerc arrived in Saigon, accompanied by French Colonel Massu's March Group (Groupement de marche). Leclerc's primary objectives were to restore public order in south Vietnam and to militarize Tonkin (north Vietnam). Secondary objectives were to wait for French backup in view to take back Chinese-occupied Hanoi, then to negotiate with the Việt Minh officials.
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