Operation Papillon

Operation Papillon
	Part of the First Indochina War
	File:French indochina napalm 1953-12 1.png; A Bearcat of the Aéronavale drops napalm on Viet Minh positions
Date	April 1947
Location	Hòa Bình Province, French Indochina
Belligerents
File:Flag of France (1794-1815).svg French Union File:Flag of France (1794-1815).svg France; File:Flag of France (1794-1815).svg French Indochina;	File:Flag of North Vietnam 1945-1955.svg Democratic Republic of Vietnam North Vietnam Việt 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]

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