Easter Offensive (Vietnam)

The Easter Offensive, also known as the Nguyen Hue Offensive, was a military operation carried out by North Vietnamese forces against South Vietnam and the United States military from March 30 to October 22, 1972, during the Vietnam War. It was the largest offensive launched by the North Vietnamese Army since the beginning of the [...]

Operation Commando Hunt

Operation Commando Hunt was an air bombing campaign conducted undercover by the US 7th Air Force and US Navy Task Force 77, in southeastern Laos, from November 15, 1968, to March 29, 1972, during the Vietnam War. Operation Commando Hunt objective was the interdiction of men and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, through [...]

Operation Linebacker

Operation Linebacker was a bombing campaign carried out by the US 7th Air Force and US Navy Task Force 77 against the North Vietnamese Army from May 9 to October 23, 1972, during the Vietnam War. The main rationale of Operation Linebacker was to stem the flow of military supplies for the Nguyen Hue Offensive [...]

Battle of Khe Sanh

The Battle of Khe Sanh was a battle of the Vietnam War, fought by the III Marine Amphibious Force and South Vietnamese Army units against three divisions of the North Vietnamese Army, from January 21 to April 8, 1968. It took place in Khe Sanh, in Quang Tri Province (northwest), South Vietnam. The outcome was [...]

Operation Apache Snow

Operation Apache Snow was a military operation carried out by ten battalions from the US 101st Airborne Division, 501st, 506th, the 187th Infantry Divisions, in the A Shau Valley from May 10 to June 7, 1969, during the Vietnam War. The A Shau Valley was a logistic corridor used by the North Vietnamese Army to [...]

Battle of Hamburger Hill

Also known as Hill 937, the Battle of Hamburger Hill took place in the A Shau valley, Thua Thien province, South Vietnam, from May 10 to May 20, 1969, during the Vietnam War. It was fought by a combined force of US units and South Vietnamese troops against North Vietnamese forces. The battle was part [...]