Battle of Cao Bang

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The Battle of Cao Bằng was an ongoing campaign in northern Indochina during the First Indochina War, between the French Far East Expeditionary Corps and the Việt Minh, which began in October 1947 and culminated on September 3, 1949. Since the start of the conflict, Việt Minh troops had ambushed French convoys along the Vietnam–China border from the Gulf of Tonkin on a 147-mile route to a French garrison at Cao Bằng, known as Route Colonial 4, or RC4. Repeated ambushes led to repeated French operations of increasing strength to reopen the road, including a costly mission by the Foreign Legion in February 1948. On July 25, 1948, the Cao Bằng encampment was itself attacked and held out for three days with two companies defending against two battalions of Việt Minh. A further 28 ambushes took place in 1948.

1947 — 1949  Wikidata
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Location: 21.0333, 105.85, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1947 — 1949 Battle of Cao Bang
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1418 — 1428 Siege of Đông Quan
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1883 — 1886 Tonkin Campaign
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1886 — 1896 Pacification of Tonkin
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1946 — 1947 Battle of Hanoi
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1965 — 1973 Operation Arc Light
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1940 — 1941 Franco-Thai War
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1946 — 1954 First Indochina War
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    TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
    arearegion1054Đại ViệtWikidata
    arearegion1226Tran dynastyWikidata
    arearegion1428Later Lê dynastyWikidata
    arearegion1887French IndochinaWikidata
    arearegion1945North VietnamWikidata
    eventarmed conflictBattle of Chương DươngbattleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict863Siege of SongpingsiegeWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1418Siege of Đông QuansiegeWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1426Trận thành Đông QuanMing dynasty, battleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1788Battle of Ngọc Hồi–Đống ĐaQing dynasty, battle, Tây Sơn dynasty, Nguyễn lords, Lê Chiêu ThốngWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1873Battle of Cầu GiấybattleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1883Tonkin Campaignmilitary campaign, Tonkin Expeditionary CorpsWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1883Battle of Cầu GiấybattleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1883Battle of PalanbattleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1886Pacification of Tonkinpacification, military campaignWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1940Japanese invasion of French IndochinainvasionWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1945Japanese coup d'état in French Indochinacoup d'état, battleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1946Battle of HanoibattleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1947Battle of Cao BangbattleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1951Battle of the Day RiverbattleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1954War in Vietnam (1954–1959)armed conflictWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1963Joint warfare in South Vietnam, 1963–1969armed conflictWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1965Operation Arc Lightbattle, military operationWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1972Operation Linebacker IIbattle, strategic bombingWikidata
    eventwar1258Mongol invasions of VietnamwarWikidata
    eventwar1893Franco-Siamese WarwarWikidata
    eventwar1940Franco-Thai Warwar, Thailand, Vichy FranceWikidata
    eventwar1946First Indochina Warwar, French Fourth Republic, Lao Issara, Vietnamese Independence League, Khmer Issarak, Kingdom of Cambodia, Kingdom of Laos, State of VietnamWikidata
    eventwar1979Sino-Vietnamese WarPeople's Republic of China, war, VietnamWikidata
    organisationmilitary branchVietnam Coast Guardcoast guardWikidata
    organisationmilitary branch1958Vietnam Border Defense Forceborder guard, gendarmerieWikidata
    sitefortCitadel of Bac NinhfortWikidata
    sitefortĐại Laancient city, fortressWikidata
    sitemuseumVietnam People's Air Force Museum, Hanoimilitary museumWikidata
    sitemuseum1956Vietnam Military History Museumnational museum, military museumWikidata
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