Dinassaut Commando Raid on Gian Khau 1948 - Devon Wargames Group

[carojon]

One of the games run at last month's meeting of the Devon Wargames Group, was a Chain of Command recreation of French Commando activities in Vietnam in 1948.



Steve, our gamemeister, always comes up with intriguing and interesting historical themes and this made for a fun game as well.



If you would like to know more then just follow the link to the club blog.

https://devonwargames.blogspot.com/2024/02/french-indo-china-dinassaut-commando.html

JJ

[General Castries]

JJ,
This looks like a great game.  I've been working on a Dinassaut unit myself.  Set out below are some photos of a Vedette FOM ("France d'Outre-Mer) I have have.  There's also a photo of a squad of Vietnamese commandos, kit-bashed from some Britannia Miniature Malay Policemen.

Tim         

[trev]

Great looking game and nice report. 

[BeneathALeadMountain]

Great stuff and an interesting read, thank you for posting.

Andrew
BeneathALeadMountain

[CapnJim]

Great report and battle.  Too bad for the French commandos though.  As you pointed out, the VM can always "recruit" more fighters, but the French can ill afford to lose highly-trained commandos like that.  In any event, well done!