| Operation Septentrion | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the War in Afghanistan | |||||
| |||||
| Belligerents | |||||
| International Security Assistance Force | Taliban | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Lieutenant-Colonel Hervé Wallerand | Unknown | ||||
| Units involved | |||||
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• French Army • United States Special Forces • Afghan National Army (ANA) | |||||
| Strength | |||||
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• 750–800 (French Army) • 200 (United States Special Forces)[which?] • (Afghan National Army) | Unknown | ||||
Operation Septentrion was a 36-hour military operation of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), a NATO-led security mission, that took place December 16–18, 2009, in the Uzbin Valley of eastern Afghanistan.[1][2][3]
A part of the War in Afghanistan, it involved a force of 1,100 troops, including 750 to 800 French troops, 200 United States Special Forces and Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers.[1]
- ^ a b Staff (June 28, 2010). "18/12/09 – Afghanistan: opération " Septentrion ", la stratégie des Mikados (vidéo)" [18/12/09 – Afghanistan: Operation 'Septentrion', the Mikado Strategy] (in French). French Ministry of Defense. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
- ^ Staff (December 17, 2009). "French Troops Spearhead Assault in Afghanistan". BBC News. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
- ^ Staff (December 18, 2009). "French Afghan Assault Concludes". BBC News. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
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