Battle of Mạo Khê
1951 battle of the First Indochina War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Mạo Khê (Vietnamese: Mạo Khê, [mâːwˀ xē]), occurring from March 23 to March 28, 1951, was a significant engagement in the First Indochina War between the French Union and the Việt Minh. The French Union forces, led by World War II hero Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, inflicted a defeat on Việt Minh forces, which were commanded by General Võ Nguyên Giáp. The French Union victory, however, was not decisive and the Việt Minh would attack again shortly afterwards.
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Part of the First Indochina War | |||||||
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400 troops reinforced by 6e BPC 3 destroyers 2 landing craft |
102nd/308th 141st/312th 209th/312th 36th/308th in all about 11,000 troops | ||||||
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40 killed[1] 150 wounded[1] |
Viet Minh claim: 134 killed, 426 wounded, 14 missing[2] French claimed: 2,000-3,000 killed, wounded or captured[1] |
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