Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Le Duan

Battles of Le Duan

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (1907-1986)

Le Duan is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1968 and 1975: 5 battles, all in present-day Vietnam. Taken in date order, the sites lie 42 km apart end to end, 10 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Vietnam War (5).

Tet OffensiveMay OffensivePhase III Offensive1975 spring offensiveFall of SaigonTet OffensiveMay OffensivePhase III Offensive1975 spring offensivePhnom PenhCan ThoBiên HòaNha TrangCam RanhLong XuyenPhan ThietRạch GiáSóc TrăngDa Lat200 km10.888N, 106.848E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1968: 3 engagements3 in 19681975: 2 engagements19681975
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Tet Offensive, 1968May Offensive, 1968Phase III Offensive, 19681975 spring offensive, 1975Fall of Saigon, 197519681975
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1968Tet OffensiveSouth Vietnam, VietnamU.S. – South Vietnamese victory
1968May OffensiveSouth Vietnam, Vietnam42 km SWAmerican and South Vietnamese victory
1968Phase III OffensiveSouth Vietnam, Vietnam0 km NUS / South Vietnamese victory
19751975 spring offensiveSouth Vietnam, Vietnam0 km NNorth Vietnamese victory; Fall of Saigon to the PAVN and...
30 April 1975Fall of SaigonHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam0 km NENorth Vietnamese victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.