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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 ...
Vietnam Military History Museum. / 21.032281; 105.840017. The Vietnam Military History Museum, set up on 17 July 1956, is one of seven national museums in Vietnam. It covers 12,800 m 2. It is situated in central Hanoi, opposite the Lenin Park and near the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. The Flag Tower of Hanoi is located inside of the museum grounds.
On 22 May 1946, the army was called the National Army of Vietnam ( Quân đội Quốc gia Việt Nam, not to be confused with the opposite Vietnamese National Army of the France-associated State of Vietnam which had a synonymous English name and exactly the same Vietnamese name). Lastly, in 1950, it officially became the People's Army of ...
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.
At the Battle of Bạch Đằng River in 938 near Hạ Long Bay in northern Vietnam, the military force of the Viet-ruled domain of Tĩnh Hải quân, led by Ngô Quyền, a Viet lord, defeated the invading forces of the Chinese state of Southern Han and put an end to the Third Era of Northern Domination ( Chinese ruled Vietnam ). [3]
Schlumberger. Schlumberger NV ( French: [ʃlumbɛʁʒe, ʃlœ̃b-] ), doing business as SLB, also known as Schlumberger Limited, [2] is an American oilfield services company. [3] [4] As of 2022, it is both the world's largest offshore drilling company and the world's largest offshore drilling contractor by revenue.
First Battle of Quảng Trị. / 16.733°N 106.967°E / 16.733; 106.967 ( First Battle of Quảng Trị) The First Battle of Quảng Trị ( Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Trị Thiên) resulted in the first major victory for the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) during the Easter Offensive of 1972. Quảng Trị Province was a major ...