1. Plain of Reeds September 1962. The first action for the M113 APC.
2. Battle of Ap Bac January 1963. The first main learning lessons for warfare using the new M113.
3. Battle of Ia Drang 1965. First experimental use of the "Air Mobile Division" concept (e.g. the 1st Air Cavalry Division).
4. Battle of Dak To fought by the 173rd Airborne Brigade.
5. Rolling Thunder fought by air units of the US Navy & US Air Force.
6. Khe Sanh (1968) fought by the US Marine Corps.
7. Lang Vei (1968)fought by the US Army's Green Beret and first battle against NVA tanks.
8. Linebacker II (1972), the first maximun effort bombing by the Strategic Air Command's B52 Stratofortress heavy bombers (also known as the Christmas bombing).
9. Battle of the Tonkin Gulf (Tonkin Gulf Incident(s) North Viet Navy's 135th Torpedo Boat Squadron verses the US Navy's destroyer USS Maddox on 02 August 1964.
10. Lam Son 719 last major offensive by the US Army in the Vietnam War (1971).
Operation Sea Dragon - Vietnam War - happened on 1966-10-25.
General Douglas MacArthur was no longer in the military when the Vietnam War began. President Truman relieved him of Command during the Korean War on April 10, 1951.
Short answer yes, technical answer no. The USA never declared war on North Vietnam, despite fighting there for nearly 10 years. The Vietnam 'war' was started by Kennedy, escalated significantly under Johnson and was still underway when Nixon was elected so Nixon was elected during the Vietnam war. Nixon also successfully ended the Vietnam war on terms which were above and beyond those offered by his political counterparts who werewilling to withdraw unconditionally.
The Attack on Pearl Harbor didn't happen in 1937 it happened on December 7, 1941. Here are 10 major battles of WWII they are not in order. 1. The Battle of Midway 2. The Battle of Stalingrad 3. The Battle of the Bulge 4. The First Battle of El Alamein 5. The Battle of Britain 6. The Battle of Guadalcanal 7. The Battle of Berlin 8. The Battle of Kursk 9. The Battle of Hong Kong
A drain on men and equipment, being transferred from NATO forces to Korea. This hardship was to be repeated in the Vietnam War, 10 years later.
A good estimation would be well over a thousand battles; when counting US warships off the coast; Riverine Swift Boats on the rivers; Jets and Bombers over North Vietnam and air strikes in South Vietnam; Covert operations along the borders; and standard tank/infantry battles thru-out the land for over 10 years.
Vietnam War, the second "hot" battle of the Cold War.
10-15 battles
Operation Sea Dragon - Vietnam War - happened on 1966-10-25.
It lasted 10 years.
From the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), roughly 10 kilometers north of Dong Ha, south to the Mekong River delta at the southern tip of Vietam. Also from the South China Sea to the east all the way to (and sometimes into) the borders of Laos to the north and Cambodia to the south.
You would decide which of the military campaigns and battles had the greatest importance in the war. Personally, I would consider the following battles to be of the most importance:Invasion of PolandBattle of FranceBattle of BritainOperation BarbarossaBattle of the Coral SeaBattle of MidwayOperation TorchD-DayBattle of BerlinAtomic bombings of JapanThe criteria for the most important battles is subject to personal opinion though.
The people of Vietnam fought the French for 10 years; 1946-1954.
General Douglas MacArthur was no longer in the military when the Vietnam War began. President Truman relieved him of Command during the Korean War on April 10, 1951.
because they just did. they were better than the south Se and Ch The question was not "Who won the Civil War" The question was "Five major battles of the Civil War?" And you didn't answer it correctly- lucky3900
Gettysburg has the highest body count.
Vietnam in HD - 2011 Changing War 1-5 was released on: USA: 10 November 2011