Battle of Nghĩa Lộ

When

1952

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

21.58° N, 104.52° E

Description

1952 battle

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

The Battle of Nghĩa Lộ was a battle of the First Indochina War. In the fall of 1952 the French army encountered its most serious crisis since the disasters near the Chinese border at Cao Bằng, Đông Khê and RC 4 occurred in 1949 and 1950. The Battle of Nghĩa Lộ was the opening salvo in a series of offenses and counter-offenses in late 1952 during the First Indochina War.

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• First Indochina War19 Dec 1946 · War of independence · Deaths 450,000