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The battle of Nam Đông took place from July 5–6, 1964 during the Vietnam War, when the Viet Cong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) attacked the Nam Đông CIDG camp in an attempt to overrun it. During the battle, 57 South Vietnamese defenders, two Americans, an Australian Military advisor, and at least 62 attackers were killed.
The Airborne Division had its origins in Indochinese-specific units raised under the "jaunissement" program, separating Indochinese members of French paratrooper units of the French Far East Expeditionary Corps forming separate battalions under the Vietnamese National Army, after the independent State of Vietnam was established on 8 March 1949.
Casualty estimates range, with Vietnamese sources claiming 50,000 Ming troops dead and 10,000 captured, while the Ming Shilu estimates that around 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers died in that battle. [16] This victory allowed the Vietnamese to encircle the citadel of Dong Quan [ 17 ] and ruined Wang Tong's plans for an offensive.
The Việt Minh (Vietnamese: [vîət mīŋ̟] ⓘ, chữ Hán: 越盟) is the common and abbreviated name of the League for Independence of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Việt Nam Độc lập Đồng minh [1] or Việt Nam Độc lập Đồng minh Hội, chữ Hán: 越南獨立同盟(會); French: Ligue pour l'indépendance du Viêt Nam), which was a communist-led national independence coalition ...
The TDND 5 airborne unit fought several battles including Dien Bien Phu.. On 8 March 1949, after signing the Élysée Accords, the State of Vietnam was recognized by France as an independent country ruled by the Vietnamese Emperor Bảo Đại, and the Vietnamese National Army (VNA) was soon created on 8 December 1950. [10]
' Military of and for the people of Vietnam ' [12]), also recognized as the Vietnamese Army (Vietnamese: Quân đội Việt Nam, lit. 'Military of Vietnam'), the People's Army (Vietnamese: Quân đội Nhân dân) or colloquially the Troops (Bộ đội [ʔɓo˧˨ʔ ʔɗoj˧˨ʔ]), is the national military force of the Socialist Republic of ...
Following the establishment of the Republic of Vietnam (commonly known as South Vietnam) in October 1955, the Special Forces were formed at Nha Trang in February 1956. During the rule of Ngô Đình Diệm , the Special Forces were run by his brother, Ngô Đình Nhu , until both were assassinated in November 1963 in a coup .
Phase Two of the Tet Offensive of 1968 (also known as the May Offensive, Little Tet, and Mini-Tet) was launched by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC) against targets throughout South Vietnam, including Saigon from 29 April to 30 May 1968. The May Offensive was considered much bloodier than the initial phase of the Tet Offensive.