Operation Castor was a French airborne operation in the First Indochina War. The operation established a fortified airhead in Điện Biên Province, in the...

French Union force in the biggest airborne operation of the 1946–1954 First Indochina War, Operation Castor, to block Việt Minh transport routes and to...

earthquake (Operation Madath, Operation Sea Waves, Operation Castor, Operation Rainbow, Operation Gambhir & Operation Rahat-II) Operation Sukoon (2006)...

operation, the other being Operation Castor. The names of these operations are based upon the mythological twins, Castor and Pollux. Operation Castor...

after the Điện Biên Phủ operation began. Operations at Điện Biên Phủ began at 10:35 on 20 November 1953. In Operation Castor, the French dropped or flew...

airhead operations include Battle of Crete and Operation Market Garden during World War II, and Operation Just Cause in Panama in 1989. Operation Castor was...

mountains where the Tai troops, allied with the French, operated. Operation Castor was launched on November 20, 1953, with 1,800 men of the French 1st...

Infantry Regiment 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment November 20–23, 1953 Operation Castor Dien Bien Phu, French Indochina French Union Victory 1st Foreign Parachute...

Parachute Battalion) On 21 November 1953 Langlais and GAP 2 took part in Operation Castor, the seizing of the Dien Bien Phu valley. Langlais jumped with the...

operations. These included Operation Madad in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, Operation Sea Waves in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Operation Castor...