Vietnam War
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Was a a Cold War-era proxy war between North Vietnam (supported by the USSR and China) and South Vietnam (supported by the United States) with actions taking place also in the nearby countries of Laos and Cambodia. The war ended with the reunification of North Vietnam and South Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976.
Chronology
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January 1960: Communist expansion in Vietnam until 1959.
January 1968: Communist expansion in Vietnam until 1967.
February 1973: Battle of Cửa Việt.
April 1973: Battle of Hồng Ngự.
May 1973: Battle of Hồng Ngự.
September 1973: Battle of Trung Nghia.
October 1973: Battle of Quang Duc.
May 1974: The People's Army of Vietnam 9th Division, led by General Van Tien Dung, captured Rach Bap and An Dien from the South Vietnamese forces.
August 1974: Battle of Phú Lộc.
January 1972: Communist expansion in Vietnam until 1971.
January 1975: Battle of Phước Long.
June 1969: U.S. forces abandon Hill 937 (Vietnam).
January 1973: Battle of Cửa Việt.
April 1975: Communist expansion in Vietnam by 8 April 1975.
November 1974: Battle of the Iron Triangle.
January 1973: Communist expansion in Vietnam until 1972.
November 1973: Battle of Quang Duc.
March 1975: Communist expansion in Vietnam by 10 March 1975.
June 1969: The U.S. command ordered the capture of Hill 937 (a strategic hill in Vietnam).
December 1974: Battle of Phú Lộc.
Was a phase, at the beginning of the Vietnam War, that was characterized by Vietcong Guerrilla actions with no real territorial control.
Was the early phase of the Vietnam war with the first battles between North and South Vietnam.
March 1960: Battle of Tua Hai.
July 1964: Battle of Nam Dong.
August 1964: Battle of Nam Dong.
Were a series of battles between North and South Vietnam that saw the latter being supported by U.S. on field troops for the first time.
June 1965: In 1965, during the Vietnam War, the Vietcong forces achieved significant conquests in the Chu Pong-Ia Drang complex. This territory was located in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam and was strategically important for both the Vietcong and the American forces led by General William Westmoreland. The Democratic Republic of Vietnam, also known as North Vietnam, gained control of this area, further escalating the conflict.
November 1965: Battle of Ia Drang.
January 1966: Operation Crimp.
July 1968: Battle of Khe Sanh.
January 1967: Operation Cedar Falls.
June 1965: Battle of Dong Xoai.
Was a military campaign launched by forces of the Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) against the forces of South Vietnam supported by the United States.
January 1968: Battle of Huế.
January 1968: Battle of Quang Tri (1968).
February 1968: Battle of Bến Tre.
January 1968: Battle of Bến Tre.
March 1968: Battle of Huế.
Was a military campaign launched by forces of the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) against the forces of South Vietnam supported by the United States.
June 1972: Battle of Kontum.
September 1972: Second Battle of Quảng Trị.
May 1972: The First Battle of Quảng Trị took place in 1972 during the Vietnam War. It was a major offensive by the North Vietnamese Army, led by General Võ Nguyên Giáp, against the South Vietnamese Army and their American allies. The battle resulted in the capture of Quảng Trị province by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
April 1972: Battle of An Lộc.
May 1972: Battle of Kontum.
May 1972: Battle of An Lộc.
April 1972: Battle of Loc Ninh.
Was the final North Vietnamese campaign in the Vietnam War that led to the capitulation of Republic of Vietnam.
March 1975: Communist conquest of Hue.
March 1975: Communist conquest of Qui Nhon.
March 1975: Communist conquest of Da Nang.
April 1975: The Democratic Republic of Vietnam captured Phan Rang Air Base.
April 1975: The Democratic Republic of Vietnam captured Nha Trang and Nha Trang AB on 2 April.
April 1975: Fall of Siagon to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
April 1975: Battle of Xuân Lộc.
March 1975: Battle of Ban Me Thuot.
Selected Sources
Fall, B.B. (1967): Street Without Joy, 4.Edition. Stackpole, Harrisburg
Kinder, H. / Hilgemann, W. (1985): Von der Französischen Revolution bis zur Gegenwart in dtv-Atlas zur Weltgeschichte Band 2, 20. Edition, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, München 1985, p. 514
Tertrais, H. / Mazoyer, K. (2004): Atlas des guerres d'Indochine, 1940-1990. De l'Indochine française à l'ouverture internationale, Éd. Autrement, Paris, p. 35
