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Battle of Havana may refer to: Battle of Havana (1748) , a naval engagement between the Great Britain and Spain during the War of Jenkins' Ear, resulting in a tactical British victory Siege of Havana (1762), a British expedition to capture Havana during the Seven Years' War, resulting in a decisive British victory
Date Duration Operation Name Unit(s) – Description Location VC–PAVN KIA (US Sources) Allied KIA(US Sources) Jan 1 – Mar 31: Operation Skysweep [1]: 1st Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment clear and search operation
Battle of Cửa Việt took place during the Vietnam War between 25–31 January 1973 at the Cửa Việt naval base and its vicinity, in northeast Quảng Trị Province. The battle involved a combined task force of South Vietnamese Marine and armored units that tried to gain a foothold at the Cua Viet Port just as the ceasefire was about to ...
The Second Battle of Quang Tri (Vietnamese: Trận Thành cổ Quảng Trị; also called Operation Lam Sơn 72) began on 28 June 1972 and lasted 81 days until 16 September 1972, when South Vietnam's Republic of Vietnam Military Forces defeated the communist North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) at the Quảng Trị Citadel (Vietnamese: Thành cổ Quảng Trị) and recaptured ...
In 1957 South Vietnam's President Ngô Đình Diệm visited the United States and was acclaimed a "miracle man' who had saved one-half of Vietnam from communism.However, in the latter part of the year, violent incidents committed by anti-Diệm insurgents increased and doubts about the viability of Diệm's government were expressed in the media and by U.S. government officials.
It was hoped that the reference to the previous operation would confuse Hanoi as to the actual target of the proposed incursion. The ARVN's portion was given the title Lam Son 719, after the village of Lam Son, birthplace of the legendary Vietnamese patriot Lê Lợi, who had defeated an invading Chinese army in 1427. The numerical designation ...
The Ming invasion of Viet (Chinese: 明入越 [5] / 平定交南 [6]), known in Vietnam as the Ming–Đại Ngu War (traditional Chinese: 大虞與明戰爭; simplified Chinese: 大虞与明战争; Vietnamese: Chiến tranh Đại Ngu–Đại Minh / cuộc xâm lược của nhà Minh 1406–1407; Hán Nôm: 戰爭大虞 – 大明) was a military campaign against the kingdom of Đại Ngu ...