Operation Bretagne

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Operation Bretagne
Part of First Indochina War
Date December 1, 1952-January 4, 1953
Location South of the Red River, between Nam Dinh and the sea
Result French victory
Belligerents
French Union Viet Minh
Commanders
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
v • d • e
First Indochina War
Hanoi – Cao Bang – Namdinh – Papillon – Lea – Valentine – Onoine – Pegase – Dong Khe – RC4 – Vinh Yen – Mao Khe – Hoa Binh – Lorraine – Na San – Bretagne – Atlante – Adolphe – Camargue – Hirondelle – Brochet – Mouette – Castor – Dien Bien Phu – Mang Yang Pass

Operation Bretagne was a French Union military operation between 1 October 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 splitted in small groups, disguised themselves with peasant clothes and escaped to the south.

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