Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1945-1946)

Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1945-1946) Hoa quân nhập Việt
Part of Indochina Wars
Date 21 August 1945 – 15 June 1946 Location North Vietnam Result Rise of pro-Chinese parties The Viet Minh had to make peace with China and the Vietnamese communists pretended to disband their party French replaced Chinese to receive the Japanese surrender in the North Ho-Sainteny agreement Territorial changes Chinese occupies then withdrew from North Vietnam
Belligerents
Republic of China VNQDĐ ĐVQDĐ Vietnam Revolutionary League	Democratic Republic of Vietnam Viet Minh
Commanders and leaders
Gen. Lu Han Nhất Linh Trương Tử Anh Vũ Hồng Khanh Nguyễn Hải Thần	Ho Chi Minh Võ Nguyên Giáp Trường Chinh Tôn Đức Thắng Nguyễn Lương Bằng
Units involved
National Revolutionary Army	People’s Army of Vietnam Viet Minh
Strength
200,000[1]	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Minor	Minor

Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1945–1946) or Chinese Kuomintang occupation of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Hoa quân nhập Việt), (Chinese: 華軍入越) were a series of clashes between the Republic of China and the communist Viet Minh following the August Revolution. The Viet Minh at the time de facto led the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, known as "North Vietnam"; it was a league de facto led by the communists. China at the time was anti-communist and pro-Western, it was led by the Kuomintang. These clashes lasted from the end of the until the Ho-Sainteny agreement, permitted France to continue stationing troops in Vietnam, north of the 16th parallel.