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This article is a list of known military operations of the Vietnam War in 1972, conducted by the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam, the Khmer Republic, the United States and their allies.
North Vietnam's military objectives in launching what would be a three-pronged offensive were the capture of the cities of Quang Tri in the northern part of South Vietnam, Kontum in the Central Highlands and An Loc in the south.
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Edwin E. Moïse (1996), Tonkin Gulf and the escalation of the Vietnam War, 304 pagesLewis Sorley (2007), A Better War, 528 pagesInstitute Of Medicine, Institute of Medicine (U.S.), National Academies Press (U.S.) (2007), Veterans and agent orange, 871 pagesJohn M. Carland (2000), Combat Operations, 430 pagesDuring fiscal year 1972, the primary responsibility for offensive ground combat operations in South Vietnam was assumed by the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam. The main burden of dealing...
At noon on Good Friday, March 30, 1972, more than 25,000 North Vietnamese Army (NVA) soldiers, backed by state-of-the-art Soviet tanks, artillery, and mobile antiaircraft missile platforms, poured across the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Vietnams.
The 3d Marine Division was under the immediate operational control of the U. S. Army’s XXIV Corps which also had the 1st Brigade, 5 th Mechanized Infantry Division in eastern Quang Tri province and the 101st Airborne Division in Thua Thien province.
This page contains a timeline of significant Vietnam War operations. These military operations and campaigns were carried out by American, South Vietnamese and allied forces in Vietnam during the conflict there. 1954. August: Operation Passage to Freedom. The US Navy’s repatriation of some 300,000 civilians from North Vietnam to the South ...
