Operation Papillon

Operation Papillon
Part of the First Indochina War
A Bearcat of the Aéronavale drops napalm on Viet Minh positions
Date April 1947 Location Hoa Binh Province, Vietnam
Belligerents
French Union France	Viet Minh

Operation Papillon (French: butterfly) was a large scale air and ground assault on the Viet Minh at Hoa Binh by the French Army and Air Force in April 1947, during the early stages of the First Indochina War.^[1][2]

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