Operation Bretagne

Part of First Indochina War

Date	1 December 1952 - 4 January 1953
Location	South of the Red River, between Nam Dinh and the sea
Result	French Union victory

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

First Indochina War

Masterdom Hanoi Cao Bằng Papillon Lea Ceinture Đông Khê 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 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