Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Van Tien Dung

Battles of Van Tien Dung

General of the Vietnam People's Army (1917-2002)

Van Tien Dung is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1953 and 1975: 5 battles and 3 campaigns, all in present-day Vietnam. Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,453 km apart end to end, 493 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Vietnam War (7), First Indochina War (1).

Operation MouettePhase III Offensive1975 spring offensiveTet OffensiveEaster OffensiveOperation Linebacker IIOperation Frequent WindFall of SaigonTet OffensiveEaster OffensiveOperation Linebacker IIOperation Frequent WindBangkokYangonPhnom PenhNaypyidawVientianeMandalayDa NangChiang MaiNakhon RatchasimaSittwe1000 km15.904N, 106.425E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1953: 1 engagements1968: 2 engagements1972: 2 engagements1975: 3 engagements3 in 197519531975
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Operation Mouette, 1953Tet Offensive, 1968Phase III Offensive, 1968Easter Offensive, 1972Operation Linebacker II, 19721975 spring offensive, 1975Operation Frequent Wind, 1975Fall of Saigon, 197519531975
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1953Operation MouetteFrench Indochina, VietnamFrench Union victory; Area temporarily occupied before...
1968Tet OffensiveSouth Vietnam, Vietnam1,122 km SU.S. – South Vietnamese victory
1968Phase III OffensiveSouth Vietnam, Vietnam42 km SWUS / South Vietnamese victory
1972Easter OffensiveSouth Vietnam, Vietnam0 km NU.S. and South Vietnamese victory
1972Operation Linebacker IINorth Vietnam, Vietnam1,144 km NBoth sides claim victory
19751975 spring offensiveSouth Vietnam, Vietnam1,144 km SNorth Vietnamese victory; Fall of Saigon to the PAVN and...
1975Operation Frequent WindHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam1 km ESuccessful evacuation
30 April 1975Fall of SaigonHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam1 km NWNorth 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 author from LIFE, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.