Operation Bretagne
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Operation Bretagne | |||||||
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Part of First Indochina War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
French Union | Việt Minh | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
General de Berchoux Colonel de Monclard | Võ Nguyên Giáp | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
4 Mobile Groups 2 Amphibian Sub-Group |
7th Regiment (Division 304) 48th Regiment (Division 320) | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
unknown | unknown |
Operation Bretagne was a French Union military operation between 1 December 1952 and 4 January 1953, during the First Indochina War.
Four Mobile Groups (Groupes Mobiles, GM) and General de Berchoux's two Amphibian Sub-Groups hunted and engaged the 9th Regiment (304th Division) and the 48th Regiment (320th Division) who were threatening the bishopric of . Defeated, the Vi���t Minh split in small groups, disguised themselves with peasant clothes and escaped to the south.
External links[]
- French Defense Ministry archives ECPAD, Pierre Ferrari war reportage, 31 December 1952
Categories:
- Conflicts in 1952
- Battles involving Vietnam
- Military operations involving Vietnam
- Military operations involving France
- Battles and operations of the First Indochina War
- 1952 in French Indochina
- 1953 in French Indochina
- 1952 in Vietnam
- 1953 in Vietnam
- December 1952 events
- January 1953 events
- History of Nam Định Province
- French battle stubs