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Battle Of Svay Rieng
The Battle of Svay Rieng was the last major offensive operation of the Vietnam War to be mounted by the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) against the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam The People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), officially the Vietnam People's Army (VPA; , , ), also recognized as the Vietnamese Army (), the People's Army () or colloquially the Troops ( ), is the national Military, military force of the Vietnam, S ... (PAVN) forces. Battle On 27 March 1974, PAVN sapper units attacked Đức Huệ () which was held by the ARVN 83rd Ranger Battalion. The initial attack was repulsed as was a subsequent infantry attack by the PAVN 5th Division. Following the failure of these attacks the PAVN laid siege to Đức Huệ. Under orders to maintain a loose siege of Đức Huệ, the PAVN, assisted by the local sapper battalion, blocked the only land access to the camp and continued the artillery bombardment but abandoned the idea of taking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and China, while South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations. The conflict was the second of the Indochina wars and a proxy war of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and US. The Vietnam War was one of the postcolonial wars of national liberation, a theater in the Cold War, and a civil war, with civil warfare a defining feature from the outset. Direct United States in the Vietnam War, US military involvement escalated from 1965 until its withdrawal in 1973. The fighting spilled into the Laotian Civil War, Laotian and Cambodian Civil Wars, which ended with all three countries becoming Communism, communist in 1975. After the defeat of the French Union in the First Indoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Infantry Division (Vietnam)
The 7th Infantry Division is a division of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN). Vietnam War The Division was formed on 13 June 1966 in the Mekong Delta region from the 52nd, 141st and 165th Regiments. On 24 November 1967 while the United States Army was conducting Operation Shenandoah II the Division attempted to close Highway 13 sending the 2nd Battalion, 165th Regiment to attack a U.S. night defensive position on the shoulder of Highway 13 12 km south of An Lộc. The attack was repulsed with the PAVN leaving 57 dead, U.S. losses were 4 dead. On 3 December the 1st Battalion, 141st Regiment attacked another U.S. night defensive position 3 km to the south. This time the PAVN succeeding in penetrating the perimeter before again being forced back by defensive fire, air and artillery strikes. PAVN losses were 27 killed, while U.S. losses were 7 killed. On 10 December the Division attacked Firebase Caisson VI 6 km south of An Lộc losing 143 killed while killing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parrot's Beak, Cambodia
Parrot's Beak (''vùng mỏ két'', ''vùng mỏ vẹt'') was the name given to a salient of Svay Rieng Province, southeast Cambodia that protrudes into Hậu Nghĩa and Kien Tuong Provinces, Vietnam, approximately 65 km north-west of Saigon. History In the aftermath of Siamese–Vietnamese War (1841–1845), the region was part of the Gia Định Province of the Empire of Đại Nam, later it became part of French Cochinchina. In July 1867, the French Cochinchina government ceded part of the Trảng Bàng Inspection (including the Parrot's Beak areas) to the Kingdom of Cambodia under a treaty with King Norodom. The Parrot's Beak is returned to Cambodia under the administration of Svay Theab District. During the Vietnam War the Parrot's Beak was a base and rest area for the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Vietcong and one of the terminus points of the Ho Chi Minh Trail/Sihanouk Trail. The PAVN established Base Areas 367 and 706 in the Parrot's Beak. On 30 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vàm Cỏ Đông River
The Vàm Cỏ Đông River () is a river of Vietnam. It flows through the provinces of Tây Ninh, Long An and is 220 kilometres long.It is part of the Đồng Nai River The Đồng Nai River ( ) is a river in Vietnam that originates in the Central Highlands region of the southern portion of the country. It is approximately 586 km in length, making it the longest river to be entirely located in Vietnam. It g ... system. Rivers of Tây Ninh province Rivers of Long An province Rivers of Vietnam {{Vietnam-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Vietnamese Regional Forces
The South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; , VNCH), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975. It first garnered Diplomatic recognition, international recognition in 1949 as the State of Vietnam within the ...ese Regional Forces (, lit. "Local Army"), originally the Civil Guard, were a component of Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) territorial defence forces. Recruited locally, they served as full-time province-level forces, originally raised as a militia. In 1964, the Regional Forces were integrated into the ARVN and placed under the command of the Joint General Staff. The concept of Regional Forces was to counter the Viet Cong (VC) Viet Cong and PAVN strategy, organization and structure, Local Force units, while the ARVN regular forces fought the better equipped VC Main Force units and the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN). Local militia came to play a very effective role in the war, as the style of small-unit warf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defense Attaché Office, Saigon (1973–1975)
The Defense Attaché Office, Saigon (also known as DAO, Saigon or simply DAO) was a joint-service command and military attaché branch of the United States Department of Defense (DOD) under the control of United States Support Activities Group (USSAG). It assumed all DOD responsibilities in South Vietnam following the disestablishment of Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) in March 1973. The DAO was responsible for administering military assistance and support to the South Vietnamese armed forces, the gathering and distribution of military intelligence and the performance of normal Defense Attaché functions. The DAO remained in existence until August 1975. Background and structure Under the terms of the Paris Peace Accords MACV and all American and third country forces had to be withdrawn from South Vietnam within 60 days of the ceasefire. A small U.S. military headquarters was needed to continue the military assistance program for the South Vietnamese military and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IV Corps (South Vietnam)
The IV Corps () was a corps of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the army of the nation state of South Vietnam that existed from 1955 to 1975. It was one of four corps in the ARVN, and it oversaw the Mekong Delta region of the country. The Mekong Delta was the heartland of agricultural South Vietnam, it encompassed the fertile alluvial plains formed by the Mekong River and its main tributary, the Bassac River. With its sixteen provinces, the Delta contained about two-thirds of the nation's population and yielded the same proportion in rice production. The terrain of IV Corps differed radically from other regions. Flat and mostly uncovered, it consisted of mangrove swamps and ricefields crisscrossed by an interlocking system of canals, natural and artificial. Except for some isolated mountains to the west near the Cambodian border, few areas in the Delta had an elevation of more than above sea level. During the monsoon season, most of the swampy land north of Route QL- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nguyễn Vĩnh Nghi
Nguyễn Vĩnh Nghi was a Lieutenant general in the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). Early life and family He was born in October 1932, in Gia Định (a district of Saigon). He graduated from a French program high school. His wife is Kim Tuyet (daughter of Ms To thi Than, former Chairman of the National Vietnamese Women Association and former Chairman cum Editor of the daily newspaper ‘Saigon Moi’). Military career He attended the Dalat Military Academy, class of 5 (Hoang Dieu, 1/07/1951- 24/04/1952) and graduated in 1952 with the rank of First Lieutenant. His teacher and friend was Second Lieutenant Nguyễn Văn Thiệu who became President of South Vietnam in 1965-1975. 1953: He was promoted to Second Lieutenant. 1954: He was promoted to a rank of captain and was appointed to the position of deputy battalion commander of the Vietnamese Republican Army. 1955: He was promoted to Major as Chief of the newly formed 31st Infantry Division. In early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Can Tho
Can may refer to: Language * A verb for ability * A verb for probability Containers * A container used for food preservation in canning ** Aluminum can ** Drink can ** Steel and tin cans * Trash can * Oil can * Petrol can Music * Can (band), West Germany, 1968 ** ''Can'' (album), 1979 * Can (South Korean band) Abbreviations *Canada, a country *Cantoris, side of a church or choir Other * Can (name), Turkish and Circassian given name and surname * Can (verb) * Canning of food * River Can, Essex, UK * Tomato can (sports idiom) See also * CAN (other) * Cann (other) * Cans (other) Cans may refer to: * the plural of ''can'' (see Can (other)) * a colloquial term for headphones that enclose the ears * a colloquial term for a breasts * the ISO 15924 code of the Canadian Aboriginal syllabics * the surname of: ** Joac ... * Kan (other) * Can-can (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
