Operation Adolphe

Operation Adolphe

A French Foreign Legion unit patrols in a communist controlled area.

Date	April 1953
Location	French Indochina

Belligerents

French Union

Viet Minh

First Indochina War

Masterdom Hanoi Cao Bằng Papillon Lea Ceinture Dong Khe RC4 Vĩnh Yên Mạo Khê Đáy River Hòa Bình Lorraine Nà Sản Bretagne Adolphe Muong Khoua Atlante Camargue Hirondelle Brochet Mouette Castor Điện Biên Phủ Condor Mang Yang Pass

Operation Adolphe (also referred to as Adolph) a military operation by the French Army that took place during the First Indochina War, commencing in April 1953. It was the last of several operations that spring, concluding before the monsoon season made campaigning difficult until the commencement of Operation Camargue in July.^[1]

Notes

^ New Statesman: the week-end review. 1953-01-01. http://books.google.com/books?id=lVcQAAAAIAAJ.

References

Printed

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