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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. ==Mission objectives== Operation Condor was an attempt to weaken the Viet Minh artillery's assaults against the besieged French Union garrison of Dien Bien Phu. On April 22 1954, General Cogny insisted with his superior General Navarre to take a decision about Condor. General Navarre approved the mission on April 27 and it was launched on April 30.〔''(Dien Bien Phu - Le Rapport Secret )'', Patrick Jeudy, TF1 Video, 2005〕 Jedburgh veteran Captain Jean Sassi led the GCMA Malo - Servan commando unit consisting of Mèo partisans through the jungle, they dropped then walked all day to join Dien Bien Phu.〔 Sassi's objective was "''to allow a kind of breakthrough with the help of the French Union troops based at Eliane hill in order to surround the coolies supplying the Viet Minh combatants''" and "''to suddenly attack these weak enemies with the benefit of surprise''". Achieved, this operation would have brought a great confusion among the enemy line.〔〔''Laos, L'armée des ombres'', Le Figaro Magazine, 31 September 2006〕 Like their fellow North Vietnam Commandos, GCMA French paratroopers were dressed with the Viet Minh regular black outfit "Cu Nao" (''Bộ đội'' uniforms) to confuse the enemy and lightly equipped with submachine guns and rifles which are suitable weapons to perform hit-and-run ambushes against out of guard logistical convoys. Hmong partisans were dressed with their traditional black costume with a red silk belt and most of them were barefoot. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Operation Condor (1954)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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