Operation Papillon

Operation Papillon
Part of the First Indochina War

A Bearcat of the Aéronavale drops napalm on Viet Minh positions
DateApril 1947
Location
Hòa Bình Province, French Indochina
Belligerents

France French Union

  • France France
  • French Indochina
 North Vietnam Viet Minh
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First Indochina War
Prelude
  • Masterdom
  • Haiphong
1946-1950
1951-1952
1953
  • Adolphe
  • Upper Laos campaign
  • Hirondelle
  • Camargue
  • Brochet
  • Mouette
  • Castor
  • Pollux
1954

Operation Papillon was a large scale air and ground assault on the Viet Minh at Hòa Bình by the French Army and Air Force in April 1947, during the early stages of the First Indochina War.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ^ Boyne, Walter J. (2002-06-30). Air Warfare: an International Encyclopedia: A-L. ABC-CLIO. p. 320. ISBN 978-1-57607-345-2.
  2. ^ Armitage, M. J.; Mason, R. A. (1983). Air power in the nuclear age. University of Illinois Press. pp. 49–50. ISBN 978-0-252-01030-9.

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Printed

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  • Fall, Bernard B. (1963). The two Viet-Nams: a political and military analysis. Praeger.