Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Trần Văn Trà

Battles of Trần Văn Trà

Colonel general of People's Army of Vietnam (1918–1996)

Trần Văn Trà is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1965 and 1975: 5 battles and 3 campaigns across 2 present-day countries, most in Vietnam (7), Cambodia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 636 km apart end to end, 91 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Vietnam War (7), Cambodian Civil War (1).

Operation HumpOperation Chenla IBattle of Loc NinhBattle of SaigonTet OffensiveEaster Offensive1975 spring offensiveFall of SaigonBattle of SaigonTet OffensiveEaster Offensive1975 spring offensivePhnom PenhBattambangBiên HòaNha TrangLong XuyenBuon Me ThuotPhan ThietDa LatVung TauPhan Rang200 km11.633N, 106.000E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1965: 1 engagements1968: 2 engagements2 in 19681971: 1 engagements1972: 2 engagements2 in 19721975: 2 engagements2 in 197519651975
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Operation Hump, 1965Battle of Saigon, 1968Tet Offensive, 1968Operation Chenla I, 1971Battle of Loc Ninh, 1972Easter Offensive, 19721975 spring offensive, 1975Fall of Saigon, 197519651975
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1965Operation HumpBiên Hòa, VietnamAllied victory
1968Battle of SaigonHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam48 km SWSouth Vietnamese-American victory; Communist attack...
1968Tet OffensiveSouth Vietnam, Vietnam45 km NEU.S. – South Vietnamese victory
1971Operation Chenla ICambodia274 km NWStalemate; Initially;Cambodia victory, in Withdrawal; FANK...
4 April 1972Battle of Loc NinhLộc Ninh, Vietnam183 km SEViet Cong–North Vietnamese victory
1972Easter OffensiveSouth Vietnam, Vietnam85 km SEU.S. and 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, SSGT Herman Kokojan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.