Operation Condor (1954)
Operation Condor, also known as Operation D (D for desperado), was the name of the French intelligence agency SDECE's special service GCMA secret operation against the Viet Minh supply column. It happened during the First Indochina War's climactic Battle of Dien Bien Phu in April 1954 and was followed by Operation Vulture.
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