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Battles of Hoàng Văn Thái

Battles of Hoàng Văn Thái

Vietnamese general (1915–1986)

Hoàng Văn Thái is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1950 and 1972: 5 battles, all in present-day Vietnam. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,262 km apart end to end, 316 km between engagements on average. Most belong to First Indochina War (4), Vietnam War (1).

Battle of Dong KheBattle of Route Coloniale 4Battle of Vinh YenBattle of Hoa BinhBattle of Loc NinhBattle of Dong KheBattle of Route Coloniale 4Battle of Vinh YenBattle of Hoa BinhBattle of Loc NinhBangkokGuangzhouShenzhenHo Chi Minh CityChattogramYangonKaohsiungShantouPhnom PenhNaypyidaw1000 km16.920N, 105.892E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1950: 2 engagements2 in 19501951: 2 engagements2 in 19511972: 1 engagements19501972
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Dong Khe, 1950Battle of Route Coloniale 4, 1950Battle of Vinh Yen, 1951Battle of Hoa Binh, 1951Battle of Loc Ninh, 197219501972
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1950Battle of Dong KheVietnamViệt Minh victory
1950Battle of Route Coloniale 4Vietnam0 km NViệt Minh victory
1951Battle of Vinh YenVietnam152 km SWFrench Union victory
10 November 1951Battle of Hoa BinhHòa Bình, Vietnam61 km SWViệt Minh victory; Viet Minh captured Hoà Bình; Abolishment...
4 April 1972Battle of Loc NinhLộc Ninh, Vietnam1,049 km SViet Cong–North 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, Hoang Van Thai, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.