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An Lộc is the capital of Bình Long Province located northwest of Military Region III.During North Vietnam's Easter Offensive (known in Vietnam as the Nguyen Hue Offensive) of 1972, An Lộc was at the centre of the PAVN strategy, its location on Route QL-13 near Base Area 708 in Cambodia allowed safeguarding supplies based out of a "neutral" location in order to reduce exposure to U.S. bombing.
The Battle of Lộc Ninh was a major battle fought during the Easter Offensive during the Vietnam War, ... Thiet Giap! The Battle of An Loc, April 1972, ...
The Easter Offensive, also known as the 1972 spring–summer offensive (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Xuân–Hè 1972) by North Vietnam, or the Red Fiery Summer (Mùa hè đỏ lửa) as romanticized in South Vietnamese literature, was a military campaign conducted by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN, the regular army of communist North Vietnam) against the Army of the Republic of Vietnam ...
During the Easter Offensive two battalions from the 18th Division, organised as Task Force 52, which had unsuccessfully attempted to reinforce other ARVN units in the Battle of Loc Ninh, withdrew to An Lộc. On 12 April Willbanks and another adviser volunteered to replace U.S. advisers who had been wounded and they were dropped by helicopter ...
The Battle of An Loc Archived 2005-03-08 at the Wayback Machine - Battle Overview, Photos, Personal Accounts and Links. Battle of An Loc (Valiant Binh Long) Battle of An Loc - by Lieutenant Colonel James H. Willbanks; Communist Battle Plans for An Lộc; Vietnam War Internet Project; Texas Tech University Vietnam Project - Major Vietnam Era ...
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Following the Battle of An Lộc the base was transferred to the 92nd Ranger Battalion in late 1972. [2] On 25 March 1973, less than 2 months after the Paris Peace Accords went into effect, the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) began a siege of the camp. [4] The Rangers held out for more than a year before they abandoned the base to the PAVN on ...
At the start of the Battle of An Lộc the town was defended by the Division's 8th Regiment with about 2,100 men; the 7th Regiment (less one battalion) with 850 men; the 9th Regiment, most of which was destroyed at Lộc Ninh and had only had 200 men; Task Force 52, 500 men; the 3rd Ranger Group, 1,300 men; as well as Binh Long Provincial ...