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The Battle of Ngọc Hồi-Đống Đa or Qing invasion of Đại Việt (Vietnamese: Trận Ngọc Hồi - Đống Đa; Chinese: 清軍入越戰爭), also known as Victory of Kỷ Dậu (Vietnamese: Chiến thắng Kỷ Dậu), was fought between the forces of the Vietnamese Tây Sơn dynasty and the Qing dynasty in Ngọc Hồi [] (a place near Thanh Trì) and Đống Đa in northern Vietnam ...
In 1288, Commander-in-Chief Prince Trần Quốc Tuấn, inspired by Ngô Quyền, employed the same tactic against the Yuan Dynasty during the Battle of Bạch Đằng (1288). This engagement was a decisive Đại Việt victory and was one of the last major engagements in the Mongol invasions of Vietnam. Both battles are widely considered to ...
Phan Boi Chau (1999), Overturned Chariot: The Autobiography of Phan Bội Châu, trans. by Vĩnh Sính and Nicholas Wickenden, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, ISBN 0-8248-1875-X. Chapuis, Oscar (2000), The Last Emperors of Vietnam: From Tu Duc to Bao Dai , Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-31170-6 .
He surmised that in an attempt to reestablish the route, Giáp would be forced to organize a mass attack on Ðiện Biên Phủ, thus fighting a conventional battle, in which Navarre could expect to have the advantage. Giáp took up the French challenge. While the French dug in at their outpost, the Việt Minh were also preparing the battlefield.
The Battle of Hòa Bình was fought around the city from 1951 to 1952 during the First Indochina War. Hòa Bình Dam , the largest hydroelectric dam in Vietnam until the 2012 completion of the Son La Dam , and also the largest in Southeast Asia, [ 4 ] is located near the city.
The Battle of Xuân Lộc (Vietnamese: Trận Xuân Lộc) was the last major battle of the Vietnam War that took place at Xuân Lộc, Đồng Nai Province.Over a period of twelve days between 9 and 21 April 1975, the outnumbered South Vietnamese reserves attempted to stop the North Vietnamese forces from overrunning the town and breaking through towards South Vietnam's capital, Saigon.
The Battle of Ba Gia was a major battle that marked the beginning of the Viet Cong's (VC) Summer Offensive of 1965, during the early phases of the Vietnam War. The battle took place in Quảng Ngãi Province , South Vietnam , between May 28–31, 1965.
The Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút (Vietnamese: Trận Rạch Gầm – Xoài Mút, Thai: การรบที่ซากเกิ่ม-สว่ายมุต) was fought between the Vietnamese Tây Sơn forces and an army of Siam in present-day Tiền Giang Province of Vietnam on January 20, 1785. It is considered one of the greatest ...