Operation Brochet
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Operation Brochet took place during the French Indochina War, between August and October, 1953. A combined arms operation, Brochet involved 18 battalions of French and South Vietnamese troops and 42nd and 50th Viet Minh Regiments,[1] fighting in the southern reaches of the Red River Delta near Tonkin in North Vietnam.[2] The 1st and 2nd Parachute Battalions of the French Foreign Legion (BEP),[3][2] and the 1st and 3rd Colonial Parachute Battalions (BPC) took part,[4] as did forces of the Vietnamese National Army.[1] Their objective was to sweep the Delta and remove Viet Minh influence.[1]
Brochet enjoyed only limited success.[2] By October 11, 1 BEP had lost 96 men against only 10 confirmed Viet Minh casualties,[3] and despite French efforts between 5,000 and 7,000 of the Delta villages remained under Viet Minh control.[1]
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