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
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

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.

[edit] External links

• French Defense Ministry archives ECPAD, Pierre Ferrari war reportage, 31 December 1952

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