Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Nguyễn Hữu An

Battles of Nguyễn Hữu An

Colonel-general of People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), Commander of PAVN forces in the Battle of Ia Drang 1965, 1926 to 1995

Nguyễn Hữu An is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1965 and 1975: 3 battles and 1 campaign, all in present-day Vietnam. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,608 km apart end to end, 536 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Vietnam War (4).

Battle of Ia Drang1975 spring offensiveHue–Da Nang CampaignFall of SaigonBattle of Ia Drang1975 spring offensiveHue–Da Nang CampaignFall of SaigonBangkokPhnom PenhDa NangNakhon RatchasimaBattambangSiem Reap500 km13.617N, 107.206E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1965: 1 engagements1975: 3 engagements3 in 197519651975
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Ia Drang, 19651975 spring offensive, 1975Hue–Da Nang Campaign, 1975Fall of Saigon, 197519651975
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
14 November 1965Battle of Ia DrangIa Drang River, VietnamSee Effect and aftermath section
19751975 spring offensiveSouth Vietnam, Vietnam331 km SNorth Vietnamese victory; Fall of Saigon to the PAVN and...
1975Hue–Da Nang CampaignHuế, Vietnam639 km NNorth Vietnamese and Viet Cong victory; South Vietnamese...
30 April 1975Fall of SaigonHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam638 km SNorth 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, Nguyen Huu An, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.