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The State of Vietnam later became the Republic of Vietnam after the 1955 South Vietnam referendum, ruled by Ngo Dinh Diem. A temporary boundary, running primarily along the Ben Hai River was established pending elections, with the area on either side of the border declared a demilitarized zone. Troops of both governments were barred from that ...
The Mississagi River begins in a small unnamed lake in Sudbury District and flows south 8 kilometres (5 mi) from that point to the border of Algoma District, then southeast through a north-east corner of the district, before returning once again to Sudbury District at White Owl Lake, from which it flows into Mississagi Lake at an elevation of 457 metres (1,499 ft).
Between 1872 and 1889, many bridges were designed by the Eiffel company, created in 1863 by Gustave Eiffel, when Vietnam was part of the French Indochina.However, some works are inadvertently attributed to the Eiffel company, the Truong Tien Bridge was designed by the company Schneider et Cie and Cie de Letellier while the Long Biên Bridge was designed by Daydé et Pillé [], the latter ...
Physically, the McNamara Line ran across South Vietnam from Cửa Việt port to Route 9 and to the Laotian border along the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) till Mường Phìn, Laos. [1] The eastern part included fortified field segments, with Khe Sanh as linchpin, along with stretches where roads and trails were guarded by high-tech ...
The F-100s were based in South Vietnam, while the others were based across Thailand. Flights of four F-105s from Royal Thai Air Force Base (RTAFB) Korat and RTAFB Takhli would be air refueled over the Mekong River, then cross Laos to just south of the bridge. The bombers would continue east until over the Gulf of Tonkin.
The bridge is located in Phu Quoc Island’s Sunset Town, in Vietnam’s southern province of Kien Giang, a 40-minute flight from Ho Chi Minh City. Phu Quoc is often regarded as Vietnam’s best ...
The Battle of South Saigon (also known as the Battle of the Y Bridge) took place from 7–12 May 1968 during the Vietcong (VC) May Offensive of the Vietnam War. Four VC battalions attempted to advance over a series of bridges into south Saigon , but were blocked by US Army units and eventually forced to retreat with heavy losses.
The Hiền Lương Bridge (Vietnamese: Cầu Hiền Lương) is a bridge over Bến Hải River, Vĩnh Linh District, Quảng Trị Province, North Central Coast, Việt Nam. Located at the 17th Parallel , it was bisected by the border between South Vietnam and North Vietnam during the Vietnam War , from 1954 to 1975.