Battle of An Lộc

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battle military engagement

The Battle of An Lộc was a major 1972 Vietnam War engagement in which South Vietnamese and U.S. forces successfully defended the town of An Lộc against a large-scale North Vietnamese assault.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of An Lộc canonical	6
Battle of An Loc	1
North Vietnamese failed to seize An Lộc	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
airSupportProvider	Boeing B-52 Stratofortress ⓘ surface form: B-52 Stratofortress bombers tactical fighter-bombers ⓘ
belligerent	Army of the Republic of Vietnam ⓘ People's Army of Vietnam ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Viet Cong ⓘ
casualties	heavy on both sides ⓘ
civilianImpact	large civilian casualties ⓘ mass displacement of civilians ⓘ severe destruction of town ⓘ
commander	Lê Văn Hưng ⓘ Nguyễn Huệ (PAVN offensive namesake, not field commander) ⓘ Nguyễn Văn Minh ⓘ
conflictOf	Vietnam War ⓘ
countryAtTime	Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
dateEnd	1972-07-20 ⓘ
dateStart	1972-04-13 ⓘ
followedBy	continued fighting in Easter Offensive elsewhere in South Vietnam ⓘ
front	South Vietnam ground war ⓘ
location	An Lộc ⓘ Binh Long Province ⓘ surface form: Bình Long Province South Vietnam ⓘ
operationName	Nguyen Hue Offensive ⓘ
opposedBy	People's Army of Vietnam ⓘ surface form: North Vietnamese Army
partOf	Easter Offensive ⓘ
precededBy	initial phase of 1972 Easter Offensive in I Corps and II Corps ⓘ
result	North Vietnamese assault repulsed ⓘ South Vietnamese and U.S. defensive victory ⓘ
significance	demonstrated importance of U.S. air power after ground troop withdrawals ⓘ key defensive victory for South Vietnam during Easter Offensive ⓘ major test of Vietnamization policy ⓘ
strategicObjective	capture of An Lộc by North Vietnamese forces ⓘ defense of Route 13 ⓘ defense of approach to Saigon ⓘ
supportedBy	United States Air Force ⓘ United States Military Assistance Advisory Group ⓘ surface form: United States Army advisors
tacticalOutcome	ARVN maintained control of town center ⓘ Battle of An Lộc self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: North Vietnamese failed to seize An Lộc
theater	Indochinese Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Indochina
typeOfEngagement	siege ⓘ urban combat ⓘ
usedWarfareType	air support ⓘ armored assault ⓘ artillery bombardment ⓘ close air support ⓘ
usedWeapon	air-delivered ordnance ⓘ heavy artillery ⓘ tanks ⓘ
year	1972 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Easter Offensive → notableBattle → Battle of An Lộc ⓘ

Army of the Republic of Vietnam → notableBattle → Battle of An Lộc ⓘ

An Lộc → significantEvent → Battle of An Lộc ⓘ

Nguyen Hue Offensive → hasPart → Battle of An Lộc ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of An Loc

Binh Long Province → notableEvent → Battle of An Lộc ⓘ

Battle of An Lộc → tacticalOutcome → Battle of An Lộc self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Vietnamese failed to seize An Lộc

Battle of Kontum → precededBy → Battle of An Lộc ⓘ

Armed Forces of the Republic of Vietnam → notableOperation → Battle of An Lộc ⓘ