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Cửa Việt Base (also known as Cửa Việt Combat Base, Cửa Việt Naval Support Activity, Camp Kistler or simply Cửa Việt) is a former U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base north of Quảng Trị in central Vietnam.
Battle of Cửa Việt took place during the Vietnam War between 25–31 January 1973 at the Cửa Việt naval base and its vicinity, in northeast Quảng Trị Province. The battle involved a combined task force of South Vietnamese Marine and armored units that tried to gain a foothold at the Cua Viet Port just as the ceasefire was about to ...
Ca Lu Combat Base (Vietnamese: Cà Lu) was an Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and United States Marine Corps base located on Highway or Route 9, near Krông Klang, Đa Krông District, western Quảng Trị Province, South Vietnam. [1] Map showing location of the Ca Lu Combat Base
Đặng Thùy Trâm (November 26, 1942 – June 22, 1970) was a Vietnamese doctor. She worked as a battlefield surgeon for the People's Army of Vietnam and Vietcong during the Vietnam War. Her wartime diaries, which chronicle the last two years of her life, attracted international attention following their publication in 2005.
When Lý Càn Đức (r. 1072–1127) became king of Dai Viet in 1072, border disturbances between the Song and the Vietnamese escalated into war. In late 1075, to demonste against growing Chinese military presence in the border region and also to expand his territories, Lý Càn Đức ordered his Regent General Lý Thường Kiệt to launch ...
Cầu River (Vietnamese: Sông Cầu) is a river of northern Vietnam. It flows through the provinces/cities of Bắc Kạn, Thái Nguyên, Bắc Giang, Hanoi, Bắc Ninh. [1] [2] It begins at the Phia Bioóc Peak in Chợ Đồn District, west of mountainous province of Bắc Kạn. The river has a length of 288 km and basin area of 6,030 km².
Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋwiən˦ˀ˥ hiw˦ˀ˥ tʰɔ˧˨ʔ]; 10 July 1910 – 24 December 1996) was a South Vietnamese revolutionary and Chairman of Consultative Council of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam from 6 June 1969 to 2 July 1976, and the Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam from 4 July 1981 to 18 June 1987.
Vietnamese historians typically view the main events of the era as having roots in historical fact. However concordance of the history with Soviet doctrine of history was incomplete in the 1950s. [23] The capital of King An Dương, Cổ Loa, was the first political center of the Vietnamese civilization pre-Sinitic era. [24]