Battle of Hanoi (1946)
| Battle of Hanoi | |||||||||
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| Part of the First Indochina War | |||||||||
Viet Minh soldier Nguyen Van Thieng holding a lunge mine at Hàng Đậu Street in December 1946 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Louis Morlière Pierre-Louis Débes |
Vương Thừa Vũ Trần Độ | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| French Far East Expeditionary Corps |
Hanoi Youth Militia Corps Suburban People's Armed Militia Capital Regiment: 128 | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 6,000 men: 127 | 2,000 militia, 1,000-2,000 regulars : 130 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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160 soldiers and 100 civilians killed 230 civilians missing | Several hundred killed: 134 | ||||||||
| History of Hanoi |
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| Timeline |
| Vietnam portal |
On December 19, 1946, Viet Minh soldiers detonated explosives in Hanoi, and the ensuing battle, known as the Battle of Hanoi marked the opening salvo of the First Indochina War.