Operation Adolphe

Operation Adolphe
Part of the First Indochina War

A French Foreign Legion unit patrols in a Vietminh controlled area.
DateMarch 29 – April 3, 1953[1]
Location
French Indochina
Belligerents

France French Union

North Vietnam Viet Minh
Commanders and leaders
Jean Brechignac
Marcel Bigeard

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.[2]

  1. ^ Singer (2004), p. 288
  2. ^ New Statesman: the week-end review. 1953-01-01.