Operation Papillon Explained

Conflict:	Operation Papillon
Partof:	the First Indochina War
Date:	April 1947
Place:	Hòa Bình Province, French Indochina
Combatant1:	French Union France French Indochina
Combatant2:	Viet Minh

Operation Papillon was a large scale air and ground assault on the Viet Minh at Hòa Bình by the French Army and Air Force in April 1947, during the early stages of the First Indochina War.^{[1] [2]}

References

Printed

• Book: Hammer, Ellen Joy. The struggle for Indochina. 1954. Stanford University Press.
• Book: Buttinger, Joseph. A dragon defiant: a short history of Vietnam. registration. 1972. Praeger.
• Book: Fall, Bernard B.. Hell in a very small place: the siege of Dien Bien Phu. registration. 1967. Lippincott.
• Book: Kedward, Rod. La vie en bleu: France and the French since 1900. 2006. Penguin. 978-0-14-013095-9.
• Book: Roy, Jules. The battle of Dienbienphu. 1963. Pyramid Books.
• Book: Windrow, Martin. The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam. 2005-12-26. Da Capo Press. 978-0-306-81443-3.
• Book: Fall, Bernard B.. Street without joy. 1994. Stackpole Books. 978-0-8117-1700-7.
• Book: Devillers. Philippe. Lacouture. Jean. End of a war; Indochina, 1954. registration. 1969. Praeger.
• Book: Fall, Bernard B.. The two Viet-Nams: a political and military analysis. 1963. Praeger.

Notes and References

1. Book: Boyne, Walter J.. Air Warfare: an International Encyclopedia: A-L. 2002-06-30. ABC-CLIO. 978-1-57607-345-2. 320.
2. Book: Armitage. M. J.. Mason. R. A.. Air power in the nuclear age. 1983. University of Illinois Press. 978-0-252-01030-9. 49–50.