Operation Bretagne

Part of First Indochina War

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

Belligerents

French Union

Việt Minh

Commanders and leaders

General de Berchoux
Colonel de Monclard

Võ Nguyên Giáp

Strength

4 Mobile Groups
2 Amphibian Sub-Group

7th Regiment (Division 304)
48th Regiment (Division 320)

Casualties and losses

unknown

First Indochina War

Prelude

Masterdom
Haiphong

1946-1950

Hanoi
Cao Bằng
Papillon
Léa
Ceinture
Đông Khê
RC4

1951-1952

Vĩnh Yên
Mạo Khê
Đáy River
1st Nghĩa Lộ
Hòa Bình
2nd Nghĩa Lộ
Lorraine
Nà Sản
Bretagne

1953

Adolphe
Upper Laos campaign
- Muong Khoua
Hirondelle
Camargue
Brochet
Mouette
Castor
Pollux

1954

Atlante
Đắk Đoa
Điện Biên Phủ
- Vulture
- 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.^[1]^[2]

Four Mobile Groups (Groupes Mobiles, GM) and General de Berchoux's two Amphibian Sub-Groups hunted and engaged the 9th Regiment (304th Division) and the 48th Regiment (320th Division) of the Viet Minh, who were threatening the bishopric of Bui Chu, in Nam Định province. Defeated, the Việt Minh split in small groups, disguised themselves with peasant clothes and escaped to the south.

References

^ Windrow, Martin (2011-12-01). The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam. Orion Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-78022-247-9.
^ The Army Quarterly. William Clowes & Sons, Limited. 1953. p. 195.