Operation Mouette was an operation in 1953 by the French Army in Southern Vietnam during the First Indochina War. It was launched on October 15 in an attempt to locate and destroy Viet-Minh Chu Luc troops operating under the command of Võ Nguyên Giáp around the area of Phu Nho Quan, south of the Red River Delta. Following the establishment of a French camp in the area, various troops were dispatched to engage the Viet-Minh forces.

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  • 1953-10-15 (xsd:date)
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  • 113 killed
    505 wounded
    (France)
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  • * France * State of Vietnam
  • French Union
  • Viet Minh
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  • Area temporarily occupied before French withdrawal.
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  • 1 x division
  • 21,000–24,500 supported by Chaffee tanks.
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  • 113 killed
    505 wounded
    (France)
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  • * France * State of Vietnam
  • French Union
  • Viet Minh
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  • 1953-10-15 (xsd:date)
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  • Area temporarily occupied before French withdrawal.
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  • 1 x division
  • 21,000–24,500 supported by Chaffee tanks.
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  • Operation Mouette was an operation in 1953 by the French Army in Southern Vietnam during the First Indochina War. It was launched on October 15 in an attempt to locate and destroy Viet-Minh Chu Luc troops operating under the command of Võ Nguyên Giáp around the area of Phu Nho Quan, south of the Red River Delta. Following the establishment of a French camp in the area, various troops were dispatched to engage the Viet-Minh forces. The operation was ended and the French withdrew by November 7, claiming approximately 1,000 enemy combatants killed, twice as many wounded, and 181 captured as well as a substantial quantity of weapons and ammunition.
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  • A Bearcat of the Aéronavale drops napalm on Viet Minh Division 320th's artillery during the operation.
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  • Operation Mouette
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  • October 15, 1953 - November 7, 1953.
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  • Area temporarily occupied before French withdrawal.
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  • 21,000–24,500 supported by
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  • Operation Mouette was an operation in 1953 by the French Army in Southern Vietnam during the First Indochina War. It was launched on October 15 in an attempt to locate and destroy Viet-Minh Chu Luc troops operating under the command of Võ Nguyên Giáp around the area of Phu Nho Quan, south of the Red River Delta. Following the establishment of a French camp in the area, various troops were dispatched to engage the Viet-Minh forces.
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  • Operation Mouette
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  • Operation Mouette
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