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 on December 1946. | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Louis Morlière Pierre-Louis Débes |
Vương Thừa Vũ Trần Độ[1] | ||||||||
Units involved | |||||||||
French Far East Expeditionary Corps |
Hanoi Youth Militia Corps Suburban People's Armed Militia Capital Regiment[2]: 128 | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
6,000 men[2]: 127 | 2,000 militia, 1,000-2,000 regulars [2]: 130 | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
160 soldiers and 100 civilians killed[3] 230 civilians missing | Several hundred killed[2]: 134 [3] | ||||||||
Location within Vietnam |
History of Hanoi |
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Timeline |
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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.