Battle of Hanoi (1946)

Battle of Hanoi; Hanoi during 60 Days and Nights of Blood and Flowers
	Part of the First Indochina War
	; Viet Minh soldier Nguyen Van Thieng holding a lunge mine at Hàng Đậu Street on December 1946.
Date	19 December 1946 – 18 February 1947
Location	Hanoi, French Indochina21°2′N 105°51′E / 21.033°N 105.850°E
Result	French victory Viet Minh withdrawal;
Territorial; changes	French capture of Hanoi
Belligerents
French Union	Viet Minh
Commanders and leaders
Louis Morlière; Pierre-Louis Débes	Vương Thừa Vũ
Units involved
French Far East Expeditionary Corps	Hanoi Youth Militia Corps; Suburban People's Armed Militia; Capital Regiment
Strength
6,000 men	2,000 militia, 1,000-2,000 regulars
Casualties and losses
160 soldiers and 100 civilians killed ; 230 civilians missing	Several hundred killed
	Battle of Hanoi class=notpageimage\| Location within Vietnam

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.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Goscha, C (2022). The Road to Dien Bien Phu: A History of the First War for Vietnam. Princeton University Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctv1t8q8v6. ISBN 9780691180168. JSTOR j.ctv1t8q8v6.
^ ^a ^b Duiker, p. 400

[:0-1] Goscha, C (2022). The Road to Dien Bien Phu: A History of the First War for Vietnam. Princeton University Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctv1t8q8v6. ISBN 9780691180168. JSTOR j.ctv1t8q8v6.

[Duiker-2] Duiker, p. 400

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