Battle of Long Dinh
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| Battle of Long Dinh | |||||||
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| Part of Vietnam War | |||||||
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| South Vietnam | Viet Cong | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 3,000 | 600 | ||||||
| Casualties | |||||||
| 16 killed | 40 killed | ||||||
The Battle of Long Dinh was a battle of the Vietnam War that involved the Viet Cong and the ARVN.
On February 26, 1964, three-thousand regular South Vietnamese soldiers encircled the Viet Cong 514th Battalion at Long Dinh. During the 8 hour battle the South Vietnamese army avoided contact with the VC, instead the ARVN commander relied on air and artillery strikes to inflict damage. As a result, the VC 514th Battalion was able to slip through the gaps and successfully withdraw from the area.
Due to the incompetence of the ARVN at this battle, General Nguyen Khanh sacked five of his division commanders.
[edit] Reference
- Bowman, John S. (1985). The Vietnam War: An Almanac. Pharos Books. ISBN 0-911818-85-5
