Operation Lorraine

Operation Lorraine
Part of First Indochina War
Date October 29-November 8, 1952 Location Nghia Lo, Vietnam Result Indecisive
Belligerents
French Union	Viet Minh
Commanders and leaders
Raoul Salan	Vo Nguyen Giap
Strength
30,000	Unknown
Casualties and losses
1,200 killed, wounded, missing	Unknown

Operation Lorraine was a French military operation of the First Indochina War.

The main objective for the French was to lure the Viet Minh into open battle and inflict a crushing defeat on them. Giap failed to take the bait and Salan canceled the operation and the French withdraw to the de Lattre line. A detailed account of this operation can be found in Bernard B. Fall's "Street Without Joy".

External links

• Salan Strikes At Giap's Supply Lines