Battle of Phuoc Long

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The Battle of Phuoc Long was a pivotal 1974–1975 engagement in the Vietnam War in which North Vietnamese forces captured Phuoc Long Province, revealing the weakness of South Vietnamese defenses and foreshadowing the final offensive against Saigon.

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Battle of Phuoc Long canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Campaign 275 ⓘ
ARVNUnitInvolved 18th Division ⓘ
belligerent Army of the Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
People's Army of Vietnam ⓘ
capitalCityCaptured Phuoc Binh ⓘ
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
category 1974 in Vietnam ⓘ
1975 in Vietnam ⓘ
Battles involving Vietnam ⓘ
Battles of the Vietnam War ⓘ
commandedBy PAVN General Tran Van Tra ⓘ
conflict Vietnam War ⓘ
conflictType conventional land battle ⓘ
countryInvolved North Vietnam ⓘ
South Vietnam ⓘ
endDate 1975-01-06 ⓘ
followedBy 1975 Spring Offensive ⓘ
Ho Chi Minh Campaign ⓘ
historicalPeriod Cold War ⓘ
late phase of Vietnam War ⓘ
impact reinforced North Vietnamese confidence in victory ⓘ
signaled end of effective U.S. military support for South Vietnam ⓘ
undermined morale of South Vietnamese government ⓘ
location Phuoc Long Province ⓘ
linked to: Binh Phuoc Province

South Vietnam ⓘ
militaryObjective seize Phuoc Long Province from South Vietnamese control ⓘ
notableEvent first South Vietnamese provincial capital captured and held by North Vietnamese forces without U.S. military response ⓘ
partOf 1975 Spring Offensive ⓘ
PAVNUnitInvolved 341st Division ⓘ
3rd Army Corps ⓘ
7th Division ⓘ
9th Division ⓘ
preceded North Vietnamese final offensive against Saigon ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Duc Lap ⓘ
provinceCaptured Phuoc Long Province ⓘ
linked to: Binh Phuoc Province
relatedTo Fall of Saigon ⓘ
Paris Peace Accords ⓘ
result North Vietnamese victory ⓘ
startDate 1974-12-13 ⓘ
strategicSignificance demonstrated weakness of South Vietnamese defenses ⓘ
encouraged North Vietnamese leadership to plan final offensive against Saigon ⓘ
tested U.S. willingness to reintervene militarily ⓘ
theater Southeast Asia ⓘ
typeOfOperation combined arms offensive ⓘ
USInvolvement no direct U.S. combat intervention ⓘ
year 1974 ⓘ
1975 ⓘ

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Battle of Xuan Loc → precededBy → Battle of Phuoc Long ⓘ