Route Coloniale 4

Summary

• Route Coloniale 4 (RC4, also known as Highway 4) is a road in Vietnam, bordering the Chinese border from Hanoi to Cao Bang. It is famous for a French military disaster in 1950 in which several units of the French army, including some battalions of the Foreign Legion, were decimated by the Viet Minh and essentially ceased to exist as fighting units.

Similar Topics

• Route 46
• Route 24
• Route 8
• Route 9
• U.S. Route 34
• U.S. Route 8
• U.S. Route 7
• U.S. Route 36
• U.S. Route 18
• U.S. Route 65

Related Topics

• Cao Bang
• Foreign legion
• French Army
• The French
• Viet Minh

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