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Friendship Pass ( traditional Chinese: 友誼關; simplified Chinese: 友谊关; Vietnamese: Hữu Nghị Quan ), also commonly known by its older name Ải Nam Quan ( traditional Chinese: 隘南關; simplified Chinese: 隘南关 ), is a pass near the China-Vietnam border, between China's Guangxi and Vietnam 's Lạng Sơn Province. The pass ...
Battle of Nam Quan. A picture of a Chinese junk (left) and a lorcha (right). Several captured merchant ships were present at the battle, all but one were retaken by the British. The Battle of Nam Quan was fought in 1853 as part of a British anti-piracy operation in China. A Royal Navy sloop-of-war encountered eight pirate ships near Nam Quan ...
Battle. Battle of Tam Quan 6-11 December 1967. On the afternoon of 6 December, the 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division received intelligence on the location of the headquarters of the PAVN 22nd Regiment near the village of Dai Dong and aero-scout helicopters from A Troop, 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment (1/9th) were sent to investigate.
Tam quan. Chữ Hán. 三關. A typical Tam quan of folk architecture. Tam quan of Thượng Temple (built in the style of Láng Temple) A Tam quan ( chữ Hán: 三關) or Tam môn ( chữ Hán: 三門) is a style of traditional gateway symbolic of Vietnamese Buddhism. It has three aisles (traditionally, the middle aisle is the largest and the ...
The 2nd Military Region of the Vietnam People's Army, is directly under the Ministry of Defence of Vietnam, tasked to organise, build, manage and commander armed forces defending the North West of Vietnam. The north-West region of Vietnam, borders with the Yunnan of China. In 1979, the Chinese army with 3 infantry corps, and 10 infantry ...
V-25 Battalion. T-3 Sapper Battalion. Casualties and losses. 172 killed. US body count: 917 killed. 11 captured. Operation Allen Brook was a US Marine Corps operation that took place south of Da Nang, lasting from 4 May to 24 August 1968.
The Molniya-class fast-attack missiles corvettes are the considerable assets of the 2nd Regional Command. The 2nd Regional Command under the Vietnam People's Navy (VPN) is the Naval Operations Command that independently manages and protects the seas from South Bình Thuận to Bạc Liêu and the southern continental shelf, including the important area.
Battle of Quang Tri (1968) / 16.74028°N 107.18750°E / 16.74028; 107.18750. The Battle for Quang Tri occurred in and around Quảng Trị City ( Quảng Trị Province ), the northernmost provincial capital of South Vietnam during the Tet Offensive when the Vietcong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) attacked Army of the Republic ...