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  • Battle of Route Coloniale 4
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  • The Battle of Route Coloniale 4 (called Chiến dịch Biên giới [Operation Border Zone] in Vietnam) was a battle of the First Indochina War. It took place along Route Coloniale 4 (RC4, also known as Highway 4), a road which was used to supply the French military base at Cao Bang. French military traffic along the road had previously been subject to an ongoing series of ambushes during 1947-1949.
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  • 30000
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Date
  • --09-30
Commander
Casualties
  • 2000
  • Unknown
  • French: 4,800 killed and wounded
  • State of Vietnam: 1,000+
Result
  • Decisive Viet Minh victory
combatant
  • French Union
  • Viet Minh
  • State of Vietnam
Place
  • Vietnam
Conflict
  • Battle of Route Coloniale 4
abstract
  • The Battle of Route Coloniale 4 (called Chiến dịch Biên giới [Operation Border Zone] in Vietnam) was a battle of the First Indochina War. It took place along Route Coloniale 4 (RC4, also known as Highway 4), a road which was used to supply the French military base at Cao Bang. French military traffic along the road had previously been subject to an ongoing series of ambushes during 1947-1949. The battle lasted from 30 September to 18 October 1950 and resulted in a French defeat. Several units of the French army, including some battalions of the Foreign Legion, were devastated by the Viet Minh and essentially ceased to exist as fighting units.