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The Battle of Kontum. At the end of January, 1968, the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese launched an offensive throughout the entire country of South Vietnam. Every major city and every Provincial Capital was attacked. The attack on Kontum, the capital of Kontum Province, was initially hampered by elements of the South Vietnamese Army, who ...
On 9 June the city of Kontum was declared fully secure by the 23rd Division Commander, Bá, who had been promoted to Brigadier General. The combined efforts of the ARVN troops and US aviation units had finally stopped the massive assault.
THE BATTLE FOR KONTUM CITY - PART 1. On the morning of May 14th, the Battle of Kontum City began. The enemy fired numerous 122mm rockets and artillery rounds into the city.
Final Battle of Kon Tum "Vietnamization"May 20, 1972The PAVN has quickly recovered from their defeat and are pushing forward again in superior numbers. AVRN...
30 kwi 2024 · This video series is about the Battle of Kon Tum, where 2 North Vietnamese Divisions and 4 Independent Regiments made a Corps-level strike into Kon Tum provi...
A Battle Waiting To Happen. The Kontum area lay across from the tri-border region—the intersection of Cambodia, Laos, and South Vietnam. Hanoi had established its Base Area 609 there, one of its nerve centers in the war.
The 1972 Easter Offensive/Nguyen Hue Campaign began with a massive attack on the Demilitarized Zone with 30,000 People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) soldiers and more than 100 tanks. Two thrusts of equivalent size, one towards Saigon and a third to the Central Highlands and provincial capital of Kontum began soon after.
