- Operation Bretagne
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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 MinhCommanders and leaders General de Berchoux
Colonel de MonclardVo Nguyen Giap Strength 4 Mobile Groups
2 Amphibian Sub-Group7th 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
Categories:- Conflicts in 1952
- Battles involving Vietnam
- Military operations involving Vietnam
- Battles involving France
- Battles and operations of the First Indochina War
- 1952 in France
- 1953 in France
- 1952 in Vietnam
- 1953 in Vietnam
- French battle stubs
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