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Vietnam 1972: Quang Tri
The Easter Offensive Strikes the South
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During the Cold War, Vietnam showed the limitations of a major power in peripheral conflicts. Even so, the military forces involved (North Vietnamese, South Vietnamese, American, and Allied) demonstrated battlefield consistency in conflict that gave credit to them all.
During the Cold War, Vietnam showed the limitations of a major power in peripheral conflicts. Even so, the military forces involved (North Vietnamese, South Vietnamese, American, and Allied) demonstrated battlefield consistency in conflict that gave credit to them all.
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During the Cold War, Vietnam showed the limitations of a major power in peripheral conflicts. Even so, the military forces involved (North Vietnamese, South Vietnamese, American, and Allied) demonstrated battlefield consistency in conflict that gave credit to them all.
When North Vietnam launched its massive Easter Offensive against the South in late March 1972 (the first invasion effort since the Tet Offensive of 1968), its scale and ferocity caught the US high command off balance. The inexperienced South Vietnamese soldiers manning the area south of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone, in former US bases, along with the US Army and Marine Corps advisors and forces present, had to counter a massive conventional combined-arms invasion.
The North's offensive took place simultaneously across three fronts: Quang Tri, Kontum, and An Loc. In I Corps Tactical Zone, the PAVN tanks and infantry quickly captured Quang Tri City and overran the entire province, as well as northern Thua Thien. However, the ARVN forces regrouped along the My Chanh River and, backed by US airpower tactical strikes and bomber raids, managed to halt the PAVN offensive before retaking the city in a bloody counteroffensive.
Based on primary sources and published accounts of those who played a direct role in the events, Vietnam 1972: Quang Tri provides a highly detailed analysis of this key moment in the Vietnam conflict. Although the South's forces managed to withstand their greatest trial thus far, the North gained valuable territory within South Vietnam from which to launch future offensives and improved its bargaining position at the Paris peace negotiations.
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Vietnam 1972: Quang Tri by Charles D. Melson offers an intriguing exploration of the pivotal battle during the 1972 Easter Offensive, focusing on the efforts of the South Vietnamese Marines in reclaiming Quang Tri and the critical contributions of the U.S. Marine Advisory Unit. It reveals unexpected insights into the courage and effectiveness of South Vietnamese forces against formidable adversary forces.
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ISBN: 9781472843395
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 27 May 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Osprey Publishing
Illustration: Full colour throughout
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Ramiro Bujeiro
Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 6.0mm
Width: 186.0mm
Height: 246.0mm
Weight: 311g
Pages: 96
About the Author
Charles "Chuck" Melson was the Chief Historian for the US Marine Corps, at its headquarters in Washington, DC and its university in Quantico, Virginia. He also served as a joint historian with the US Central Command and Special Operations Command, and is a recipient of the General Edwin Simmons-Henry I. Shaw Award for public historians and the General Leonard F. Chapman Medal for professional military educators. Charles holds degrees from St. Johnβs College, Annapolis, Maryland and Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California.
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