What the records say
- When
- 23 Nov 1946
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 20.80° N, 106.67° E
- Description
- French masacre by cruiser in Haiphong, at the start of the First Indochina War
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
3 sources record it
- Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Vietnamese riot in Haiphong and clash with French troops”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bombardement naval du quartier vietnamien de Hải Phòng par la France en réponse à des attentats du Việt Minh ; près de”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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