Operation Bretagne

Operation Bretagne was a French Union military operation between 1 December 1952 and 4 January 1953, during the First Indochina War.
Four Mobile Groups and General de Berchoux's two Amphibian Sub-Groups hunted and engaged the 9th Regiment and the 48th Regiment of the Viet Minh, who were threatening the Roman [Catholic Diocese of Bùi Chu|bishopric of Bui Chu], in Nam Định province. Defeated, the Việt Minh split in small groups, disguised themselves with peasant clothes and escaped to the south.