Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Lê Trọng Tấn

Battles of Lê Trọng Tấn

General of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN); First commander of the 312th Division, Third Chief of the General Staff of PAVN, 1914 to 1986

Lê Trọng Tấn is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1951 and 1975: 7 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in Vietnam (6), Laos (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,091 km apart end to end, 515 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Vietnam War (5), First Indochina War (1).

First Battle of Quảng TrịBattle of Cửa ViệtBattle of Nghia LoBattle of Dong XoaiOperation Junction CityOperation Lam Son 719Fall of SaigonBattle of Nghia LoBattle of Dong XoaiOperation Junction CityOperation Lam Son 719Fall of SaigonBangkokShenzhenChattogramHanoiYangonNanningNaypyidawVientianeZhanjiangMandalay1000 km16.191N, 105.642E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1951: 1 engagements1 in 19511965: 1 engagements1 in 19651967: 1 engagements1 in 19671971: 1 engagements1 in 19711972: 1 engagements1 in 19721973: 1 engagements1 in 19731975: 1 engagements1 in 197519511975
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Nghia Lo, 1951Battle of Dong Xoai, 1965Operation Junction City, 1967Operation Lam Son 719, 1971First Battle of Quảng Trị, 1972Battle of Cửa Việt, 1973Fall of Saigon, 197519511975
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
3 October 1951Battle of Nghia LoTonkin, VietnamFrench Union victory
1965Battle of Dong XoaiĐồng Xoài, Vietnam1,148 km SViet Cong victory
1967Operation Junction CityVietnam91 km WInconclusive
1971Operation Lam Son 719Laos795 km NSee Aftermath
30 March 1972First Battle of Quảng TrịQuảng Trị, Vietnam345 km SENorth Vietnamese victory
1973Battle of Cửa ViệtVietnam30 km NENorth Vietnamese victory
30 April 1975Fall of SaigonHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam683 km SNorth 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, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.