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The French hill strongpoints all have Viet Minh monuments. French memorial to approximately 10,000 French colonial troops who died in the battle and in captivity; Two large Viet Minh cemeteries, one in the center of town adjacent to strongpoint Eliane 2 and the other north of the town adjacent to strongpoint Gabrielle
By 1968 the Bien Hoa-Long Binh complex was the largest US/South Vietnamese military base in South Vietnam.Bien Hoa Air Base was the largest air base in the country, home to over 500 United States Air Force (USAF) and Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) aircraft, while Long Binh Post was the US Army's largest logistics base, headquarters of United States Army Vietnam (USARV), the II Field ...
Tet 1969 refers to the attacks mounted by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC) in February 1969 in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, one year after the original Tet Offensive. Most attacks centered on military targets near Saigon and Da Nang and were quickly beaten off.
Saigon, South Vietnam 22 killed Viet Cong: 1965 Saigon bombing: June 25, 1965 Saigon River, Saigon, South Vietnam: 42 killed Viet Cong: Bình An/Tây Vinh massacre (disputed) February 12, 1966 – March 17, 1966 Tây Sơn District of Bình Định Province, South Vietnam: 1,004 killed Republic of Korea Armed Forces: Binh Tai massacre (disputed ...
The Iron Triangle (Vietnamese:Tam Giác Sắt) was a 120 square miles (310 km 2) area in the Bình Dương Province of Vietnam, so named due to it being a stronghold of Viet Minh activity during the war. The region was under control of the Viet Minh throughout the French war in Vietnam and continued to be so throughout the phase of American ...
During the French Indochina War (1946–1954), the PAVN was often referred to as the Việt Minh. In the context of the Vietnam War (1955–1975), the army was referred to by its opposition forces as the North Vietnamese Army (NVA; Vietnamese: Quân đội Bắc Việt), serving as the military force of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
Bình Dương Province: Jan 13 – Feb 9: Operation Bold Mariner [5]: 300 (part of Operation Game Warden) HMM-362, SLF-A, ARVN 2nd Division, 2/26th Marines, HMM-164 cordon, search, and sweep operation was the largest amphibious assault of the war: Batangan Peninsula, Quảng Ngãi Province: 239: 5 Jan 15 – 20: Operation Russell Beach [1] [5]: 101
The year was the most expensive in the Vietnam War with America spending US$77.4 billion (US$ 678 billion in 2025) on the war. The year also became the deadliest of the Vietnam War for America and its allies with 27,915 ARVN soldiers killed and the Americans suffering 16,592 killed compared to around two hundred thousand PAVN/VC killed.