page_title: Cochinchina Campaign
section_title: Tourane and Saigon
hierarchical_section_title: Cochinchina Campaign / Tourane and Saigon
caption_attribution_description: English: French_capture_of_Saigon_in_1859Français&#160;: Prise de la citadelle de Saïgon par l'expédition franco-espagnole, sous le commandement de l'amiral Rigault de Genouilly, le 17 février 1859.Dessin issu du journal L'Illustration, dans l'édition du 23 avril 1859.
context_page_description: The Cochinchina Campaign; is the common designation for a series of military operations between 1858 and 1862, launched by a joint naval expedition force on behalf of the French Empire and the Kingdom of Spain against the Nguyễn dynasty of Đại Nam. Initially a limited punitive expedition against the persecution and execution of French Catholic missionaries in Đại Nam, the ambitious French emperor Napoleon III however, authorized the deployment of increasingly larger contingents, that subdued Đại Nam territory and established French economic and military dominance. The war concluded with the founding of the French colony of Cochinchina and inaugurated nearly a century of French imperialism and protectorate in Vietnam in particular and Indochina in general.
caption: French capture of Saigon, 17 February 1859
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