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US Army map indicating War Zones C, D, and the Iron Triangle, circa 1965-1967. 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.
Bình Dương is a province of Vietnam.It is located in the Southeast region of the country and the Southern Key Economic Zone, bordering Bình Phước province to the north, Ho Chi Minh City (Sài Gòn) to the south and southwest, Tây Ninh province to the west, and Đồng Nai province to the east.
Phu Loi airfield was originally established by the Japanese in the 1940s and was located approximately 20 km north of Saigon in Bình Dương Province.During the First Indochina War the base was used by the French as a prisoner of war camp for captured Viet Minh.
Hà Sơn Binh – administrative grouping of Hà Tây (old) and Hòa Bình provinces between 1975 and 1991. Hà Tây – existed from 1965 to 1975 and 1991 until 2008, when it was merged into Hà Nội. Hải Hưng – administrative grouping of Hải Dương and Hưng Yên provinces between 1968 and 1996.
Bình Dương, Phước Long and Bình Long provinces in map of South Vietnam. Bình Long is a former province in South Vietnam, which now corresponds to the western part of Bình Phước. It was formed on October 22nd, 1956. Following Vietnam's reunification, Bình Long, Phước Long, and Bình Dương were combined to form Sông Bé. By the ...
Sông Bé was formed in 1976 in merge of three previous provinces, Bình Dương, Phước Long and Bình Long. Its capital was at Thủ Dầu Một. In 1995, it had area of 8519.4 km 2 and population of 1081700. On 1 January 1997, it was again split into two provinces, Bình Dương and Bình Phước.
Bình Phước province is the result of a merger of two former provinces: Phước Long province and Bình Long province, which existed before reunification. [5] Both Phước Long and Bình Long then became part of Sông Bé province in 1976, which also included Bình Dương province. Sông Bé province was dissolved in 1997 and Bình ...
Bình Dương Province: Mar 17 – Jan 31 1969: Operation Walker [1] 3rd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade and 1st Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment search and destroy and security operation: vicinity of An Khê, Pleiku Province: Mar 17 – Jul 30: Operation Duong Cua Dan/Operation People's Road [1] [8]: 69–70