battle, Cold War
Battle of Đồng Đăng
Battle of Đồng Đăng was a battle fought in 1979 at Đồng Đăng, in what is now Vietnam. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Đồng Đăng. It was part of the Sino-Vietnamese War. The recorded result: Chinese victory.
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Where it sits in the Sino-Vietnamese War
Record
| Date | 1979 (year precision) | |
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| Place | Đồng Đăng, Vietnam 21.946N, 106.697E | |
| Kind | Battle, Cold War | |
| Casualties and losses | Chinese source: 531 killed out of 2,220 casualties; Vietnamese source: 2,400 killed; 21 tanks destroyed. | Chinese source: 3,973 killed; Vietnamese source: 194 regular casualties, only six regular survivors escaped the French Fortress (42nd Company).; 271 casualties (5th company, border military, local guerrillas around Đồng Đăng combined). |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Bang Bo 1885, 7.5 km NE
- Battle of Nui Bop 1885, 13 km SE
- Lạng Sơn Campaign 1885, 14 km SE
- Operation Léa 1947, 91 km W
- Battle of Phu Tong Hoa 1948, 92 km NW
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Lào Cai 1979
- After: Battle of Cao Bằng 1979
- All 5 engagements of Sino-Vietnamese War
Elsewhere in 1979
- Tajbeg Palace assault Afghanistan
- Fall of Kampala Uganda
- Battle of Bir Anzarane Morocco
- Battle of Lukaya Uganda
- Battle of Paveh Iran
Battle of Đồng Đăng is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 269 in present-day Vietnam.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q23020685, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Đồng Đăng (1979), revision 1370603021, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.