Operation Adolphe

Operation Adolphe
Operation Adolphe
Part of the First Indochina War
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A French Foreign Legion unit patrols in a communist controlled area.
Date April 1953
Location French Indochina
Belligerents
France French Union
North Vietnam Viet Minh

Operation Adolphe (also referred to as Adolph) a military operation by the French Army that took place during the First Indochina War, commencing in April 1953. It was the last of several operations that spring, concluding before the monsoon season made campaigning difficult until the commencement of Operation Camargue in July.[1]

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