Battle of Muong Khoua

When

13 Apr 1953 – 18 May 1953

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

21.08° N, 102.50° E

Description

1953 battle of the First Indochina War

Battle of the First Indochina War

The Battle of Muong Khoua took place between April 13 and May 18, 1953, in northern Laos during the First Upper Laos Campaign in the French Indochina War. A garrison of a dozen French and 300 Laotian troops occupied a fortified outpost in the hills above the village of Muong Khoua, across the Vietnamese border from Điện Biên Phủ.

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