Battle of Buôn Ma Thuột

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The Battle of Buôn Ma Thuột was a decisive 1975 engagement in Vietnam’s Central Highlands whose outcome triggered the rapid collapse of South Vietnamese defenses and paved the way for the fall of Saigon.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Ban Me Thuot 2
Battle of Buôn Ma Thuột canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Buon Ma Thuot Campaign ⓘ
belligerent North Vietnam ⓘ
South Vietnam ⓘ
campaign Central Highlands Campaign of 1975 ⓘ
combatant Army of the Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
People's Army of Vietnam ⓘ
commander Trần Văn Trà ⓘ
Văn Tiến Dũng ⓘ
conflict Vietnam War ⓘ
consequence ARVN withdrawal from Central Highlands ⓘ
Route 7 retreat disaster for South Vietnamese forces ⓘ
country South Vietnam ⓘ
countryAtTime Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
date March 1975 ⓘ
endDate 14 March 1975 ⓘ
followedBy Ho Chi Minh Campaign ⓘ
Hue–Da Nang Campaign ⓘ
hasCause North Vietnamese strategy to end the war quickly ⓘ
hasEffect accelerated political crisis in Saigon government ⓘ
weakened ARVN morale and cohesion ⓘ
historicalPeriod late Cold War ⓘ
involvedForceType air support ⓘ
armored units ⓘ
artillery units ⓘ
infantry units ⓘ
involvedRegion Indochina ⓘ
location Buôn Ma Thuột ⓘ
Central Highlands of Vietnam ⓘ
Đắk Lắk Province ⓘ
militaryTheater Central Highlands theater of operations ⓘ
opponent Communist forces of North Vietnam ⓘ
anti-communist forces of South Vietnam ⓘ
opposingCommander Phạm Văn Phú ⓘ
outcome collapse of South Vietnamese defenses in Central Highlands ⓘ
triggered rapid North Vietnamese advance toward Saigon ⓘ
partOf 1975 Spring Offensive ⓘ
final North Vietnamese offensive in South Vietnam ⓘ
precededBy Phước Long campaign ⓘ
result decisive North Vietnamese victory ⓘ
significance decisive turning point in final phase of Vietnam War ⓘ
pivotal battle leading to the fall of Saigon ⓘ
startDate 10 March 1975 ⓘ
strategicObjective capture of Buôn Ma Thuột city ⓘ
sever South Vietnamese control of Central Highlands ⓘ
year 1975 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central Highlands → notableBattle → Battle of Buôn Ma Thuột ⓘ
1975 Spring Offensive → keyEvent → Battle of Ban Me Thuot ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Buôn Ma Thuột
Hue–Da Nang Campaign → precededBy → Battle of Ban Me Thuot ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Buôn Ma Thuột