campaign, Cold War
Operation Adolphe
Operation Adolphe was a campaign fought in 1953 at French Indochina, in what is now Vietnam. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at French Indochina. It was part of First Indochina War, which ran from 1946 to 1954.
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Where it sits in First Indochina War
Record
| Date | 1953 (year precision) | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | French Indochina, Vietnam 21.033N, 105.850E | |
| Kind | Campaign, Cold War | |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Hanoi 1946, same recorded site
- Siege of Songping AD 863, 0.7 km SE
- Siege of Đông Quan 1418, 1.3 km SW
- Battle of Cầu Giấy 1873, 5.1 km W
- Bắc Ninh Campaign 1884, 27 km NE
In the same war
- Before: Operation Hirondelle 1953
- After: Battle of Muong Khoua 13 April 1953
- All 23 engagements of First Indochina War
Elsewhere in 1953
- Attack on the Moncada Barracks Cuba
- Battle of Pork Chop Hill South Korea
- Dongshan Island Campaign China
- Battle of Kumsong North Korea
- Battle of the Samichon River People's Republic of China
Operation Adolphe is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 269 in present-day Vietnam.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7096732, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Adolphe, revision 1371208129, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.