Operation Bretagne | |||||||
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Part of First Indochina War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
French Union | Viet Minh | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
General de Berchoux Colonel de Monclard | Vo Nguyen Giap | ||||||
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 (Division 304) and the 48th Regiment (Division 320) who were threatening the bishopric of Bui Chu. Defeated the Viet 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
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