The Battle of Vĩnh Yên (Vietnamese: Trận Vĩnh Yên) which occurred from 13 to 17 January 1951, was a major engagement in the First Indochina War between...
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308th Infantry Division (Vietnam) (category Divisions of the People's Army of Vietnam)
308th and 312th then surrounded Vĩnh Yên. The French counterattacked and began to airlift reinforcements into Vĩnh Yên. On 16 August the 308th and 312th...
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suffering a heavy setback at the Battle of Vĩnh Yên, Giáp decided to attack the port of Hải Phòng, the centerpiece of French logistics. Giáp planned to...
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Vương Thừa Vũ (category Recipients of the Order of Ho Chi Minh)
of major engagements. They fought against General Tassigny's forces in several abortive attempts to penetrate the Red River Delta, starting at Vĩnh Yên...
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1951 in France (category Years of the 20th century in France)
Battle of Vĩnh Yên begins in Vietnam. 17 January – Battle of Vĩnh Yên ends in decisive defeat for the Việt Minh forces. 23 March – Battle of Mạo Khê begins...
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312th Division (Vietnam) (category Divisions of the People's Army of Vietnam)
formed in October 1950 and first saw action in January 1951 at the Battle of Vĩnh Yên.: 150 In late April 1953 General Võ Nguyên Giáp ordered the 312th...
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The following is a list of famous French military leaders from the Gauls to modern France. The list is necessarily subjective and incomplete....
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Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class)
victories at Vĩnh Yên, Mạo Khê and Yen Cu Ha and successfully defended the north of the country against the Việt Minh. At the Battle of Vĩnh Yên, he defeated...
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Võ Nguyên Giáp (category Members of the 2nd Politburo of the Workers' Party of Vietnam)
tướng đẹp huyền ảo như trong cổ tích" (in Vietnamese). "Vũng Chùa – Yến Island, nơi yên nghỉ của tướng Giáp" (in Vietnamese). "Da Nang names street after...
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Hoàng Văn Thái (category Members of the 3rd Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Vietnam)
1950. Battle of Vĩnh Yên, December 1950. Battle of Hoang Hoa Tham, 1951. Battle of Hà Nam Ninh, May 1951. Battle of Hòa Bình, December 1951. Battle of Northwest...
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