- Operation Lorraine
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Operation Lorraine Part of First Indochina War Date October 29-November 8, 1952 Location Nghia Lo, Vietnam Result Indecisive Belligerents French Union
Viet Minh
Commanders and leaders Raoul Salan Vo Nguyen Giap Strength 30,000 Unknown Casualties and losses 1,200 killed, wounded, missing Unknown Operation Lorraine was a French military operation of the First Indochina War.
The main objective for the French was to lure the Viet Minh into open battle and inflict a crushing defeat on them. Giap failed to take the bait and Salan canceled the operation and the French withdraw to the de Lattre line. A detailed account of this operation can be found in Bernard B. Fall's "Street Without Joy".
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Categories:- Conflicts in 1952
- Battles involving Vietnam
- Battles involving France
- Battles and operations of the First Indochina War
- 1952 in France
- 1952 in Vietnam
- French battle stubs
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