The highlands offensive was preceded by NLF diversionary operations that opened on 5 April in coastal Bình Định Province, which aimed at closing Highway 1, seizing several ARVN firebases, and diverting South Vietnamese forces from operations further west. It included the Central Highlands and contiguous central lowlands, and was known
As part of the National Defense Act of 1920, II Corps was constituted as a unit of the National Guard on 29 Jul 1921.
Central Intelligence Agency Date: 1969 [4][5][6] The source code for the WIKI 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the Mozilla Foundation, Google, and Apple. On 15 August 1927 with a subsequent reorganization of the Army, the corps was constituted as a corps in the Regular Army. It had become evident as early as January that the North Vietnamese were building up for offensive operations in the tri-border region and numerous B-52 strikes had been conducted in the area in hopes of slowing the build-up.
In November, now under Major General Lloyd Fredendall, II Corps landed in Oran as part of Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa. script.setAttribute("async", true);
It included the Central Highlands and contiguous central lowlands, and was known politically as the Central Vietnam Highlands, one of the four major administrative political units of South Vietnam in the 1960s and early 1970s.
Salient victories against Americans, they believed, might deter a further build-up and weaken Washington's resolve to continue the war. In the summer of 1965, the villagers acquired thousands of men as new neighbors. Local insurgents menaced populated areas along the coastal plain, while enemy main force units intermittently pushed forward in the western highlands. From Mui Dinh northward the coastal plain remains narrow for about 100 miles to Mui Dieu / Tuy Hoa, where a mountain spur presses against the shore.
Concurrent with the evacuation from MR 1, ConGen 2 began to reduce US Mission personnel in MR 2 and to move Da Nang refugees to Saigon.
Advances made during a secondary assault by the Australian Corps (Battle of Albert) on 21–23 August, were exploited by the Allies in the Second Battle of the Somme. At the same time, he maintained a constant military threat in the highlands to divert allied forces from efforts at pacification. ARVN forces had also been deployed forward toward the border in order to slow the PAVN advance and allow the application of airpower to deplete North Vietnamese manpower and logistics.
The war in North Africa ended in May 1943 with almost 250,000 Axis soldiers surrendering, to become prisoners of war. Presidential Unit Citation (United States), "3d Armored Cavalry Squadron (ARVN) earned Presidential Unit Citation (United States) for extraordinary heroism". This, however, occurred without official approval as there was controversy regarding the battlefield command of US troops by junior officers from other countries. Neither President Nixon, weakened by the Watergate scandal and forced to resign, nor his successor, Gerald Ford, was prepared to challenge Congress by resuming U.S. military activity in Southeast Asia. It had become evident as early as January that the North Vietnamese were building up for offensive operations in the tri-border region and numerous B-52 strikes had been conducted in the area in hopes of slowing the build-up.
In Pleiku, II Corps Forward began to evacuate as early as 14 March. Thus Army operations in the highlands during 1966 and 1967 were characterized by wide-ranging, often futile searches, punctuated by sporadic but intense battles fought usually at the enemy's initiative. As Hanoi's forces spilled out of the highlands, they cut off South Vietnamese defenders in the northern provinces from the rest of the country.
(The Australian commander, General Sir John Monash, was said to have deliberately chosen the date as a gesture and motivator to the American infantry attached to his corps.) VII Corps RA (British),
During 1966 and 1967, the Americans engaged in a constant search for tactical concepts and techniques to maximize their advantages of firepower and mobility and to compensate for the constraints of time, distance, difficult terrain, and an inviolable border. Presidential Unit Citation (United States), "3d Armored Cavalry Squadron (ARVN) earned Presidential Unit Citation (United States) for extraordinary heroism", https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=II_Corps_(South_Vietnam)&oldid=722155382, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2014, Articles containing Vietnamese-language text, Military units and formations established in the 1960s, Military units and formations disestablished in 1975, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, About Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core. On 29 August, Bapaume fell to the New Zealand Division and other elements of the British IV Corps. 27th Division, Concentrating their efforts in the coastal districts of I Corps and lacking the more extensive helicopter support enjoyed by Army units, the USMC avoided operations in the highlands. Here the war was fought primarily to prevent the incursion of NVA units into South Vietnam and to erode their combat strength. major ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) units operating in II Corps were the 22nd and 23rd divisions. [1], One notable ARVN unit of II Corps, the 3d Armored Cavalry Squadron, earned the Presidential Unit Citation (United States). Contact was lost with Nha Trang on 3 April 1975.
Its corps headquarters was in the mountain town of Pleiku. ARVN forces had also been deployed forward toward the border in order to slow the PAVN advance and allow the application of airpower to deplete North Vietnamese manpower and logistics.
With about two-thirds of its men battle casualties, the outgunned and outnumbered ARVN 22d Division gave way and was evacuated from the corps area by sea. During the fourth and final battle of Cassino in May, II Corps consisted of the 85th and 88th Infantry Divisions. This pushed the German 2nd Army back along a 50-mile (80 km) front line. Operations near the border were essential to Westmoreland's efforts to keep main force enemy units as far as possible from heavily populated areas.
The
Mobile strike forces and Vietnamese Ranger battalions came to the aid of the camp and helped to inflict heavy casualties on the enemy forces-the 28th North Vietnamese Army Regiment, the 40th North Vietnamese Artillery, and elements of the 60th North Vietnamese Army Regiment.
Thieu, desiring to husband his military assets, decided to retreat rather than to reinforce the highlands.
VII Corps HA (British), The II Corps (Vietnamese: Quân Äoà n II) was a corps of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the army of the nation state of South Vietnam that existed from 1955 to 1975. Congratulations on this excellent venture⦠what a great idea! Corps Tactical Zones. Unlike Da Nang, the Pleiku airlift was relatively free of incidents. On the other hand, Army commanders in II Corps sought to engage the enemy as close to the border as possible and were quick to respond to threats to Special Forces camps in the highlands. It was one of four corps in the ARVN, and it oversaw the region of the central highlands region, north of the capital Saigon. (See Appendix D.) Dak Seang was taken under siege at 0645 on 1 April, and when it became clear that the enemy was making a determined attempt to destroy the camp reinforcements were sent in. Refugee villages were established near Bu Prang and Duc Lap. The II Corps HQ took over the front from 6 October 1918 relieving the Australian Corps. Arrayed against them in II Corps were the South Vietnamese 22nd and 23rd Divisions, two armored cavalry squadrons, and the 2nd Airborne Brigade, all under the command of Lieutenant General Ngo Du.
The highlands offensive was preceded by NLF diversionary operations that opened on 5 April in coastal Bình Định Province, which aimed at closing Highway 1, seizing several ARVN firebases, and diverting South Vietnamese forces from operations further west. It included the Central Highlands and contiguous central lowlands, and was known
As part of the National Defense Act of 1920, II Corps was constituted as a unit of the National Guard on 29 Jul 1921.
Central Intelligence Agency Date: 1969 [4][5][6] The source code for the WIKI 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the Mozilla Foundation, Google, and Apple. On 15 August 1927 with a subsequent reorganization of the Army, the corps was constituted as a corps in the Regular Army. It had become evident as early as January that the North Vietnamese were building up for offensive operations in the tri-border region and numerous B-52 strikes had been conducted in the area in hopes of slowing the build-up.
In November, now under Major General Lloyd Fredendall, II Corps landed in Oran as part of Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa. script.setAttribute("async", true);
It included the Central Highlands and contiguous central lowlands, and was known politically as the Central Vietnam Highlands, one of the four major administrative political units of South Vietnam in the 1960s and early 1970s.
Salient victories against Americans, they believed, might deter a further build-up and weaken Washington's resolve to continue the war. In the summer of 1965, the villagers acquired thousands of men as new neighbors. Local insurgents menaced populated areas along the coastal plain, while enemy main force units intermittently pushed forward in the western highlands. From Mui Dinh northward the coastal plain remains narrow for about 100 miles to Mui Dieu / Tuy Hoa, where a mountain spur presses against the shore.
Concurrent with the evacuation from MR 1, ConGen 2 began to reduce US Mission personnel in MR 2 and to move Da Nang refugees to Saigon.
Advances made during a secondary assault by the Australian Corps (Battle of Albert) on 21–23 August, were exploited by the Allies in the Second Battle of the Somme. At the same time, he maintained a constant military threat in the highlands to divert allied forces from efforts at pacification. ARVN forces had also been deployed forward toward the border in order to slow the PAVN advance and allow the application of airpower to deplete North Vietnamese manpower and logistics.
The war in North Africa ended in May 1943 with almost 250,000 Axis soldiers surrendering, to become prisoners of war. Presidential Unit Citation (United States), "3d Armored Cavalry Squadron (ARVN) earned Presidential Unit Citation (United States) for extraordinary heroism". This, however, occurred without official approval as there was controversy regarding the battlefield command of US troops by junior officers from other countries. Neither President Nixon, weakened by the Watergate scandal and forced to resign, nor his successor, Gerald Ford, was prepared to challenge Congress by resuming U.S. military activity in Southeast Asia. It had become evident as early as January that the North Vietnamese were building up for offensive operations in the tri-border region and numerous B-52 strikes had been conducted in the area in hopes of slowing the build-up.
In Pleiku, II Corps Forward began to evacuate as early as 14 March. Thus Army operations in the highlands during 1966 and 1967 were characterized by wide-ranging, often futile searches, punctuated by sporadic but intense battles fought usually at the enemy's initiative. As Hanoi's forces spilled out of the highlands, they cut off South Vietnamese defenders in the northern provinces from the rest of the country.
(The Australian commander, General Sir John Monash, was said to have deliberately chosen the date as a gesture and motivator to the American infantry attached to his corps.) VII Corps RA (British),
During 1966 and 1967, the Americans engaged in a constant search for tactical concepts and techniques to maximize their advantages of firepower and mobility and to compensate for the constraints of time, distance, difficult terrain, and an inviolable border. Presidential Unit Citation (United States), "3d Armored Cavalry Squadron (ARVN) earned Presidential Unit Citation (United States) for extraordinary heroism", https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=II_Corps_(South_Vietnam)&oldid=722155382, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2014, Articles containing Vietnamese-language text, Military units and formations established in the 1960s, Military units and formations disestablished in 1975, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, About Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core. On 29 August, Bapaume fell to the New Zealand Division and other elements of the British IV Corps. 27th Division, Concentrating their efforts in the coastal districts of I Corps and lacking the more extensive helicopter support enjoyed by Army units, the USMC avoided operations in the highlands. Here the war was fought primarily to prevent the incursion of NVA units into South Vietnam and to erode their combat strength. major ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) units operating in II Corps were the 22nd and 23rd divisions. [1], One notable ARVN unit of II Corps, the 3d Armored Cavalry Squadron, earned the Presidential Unit Citation (United States). Contact was lost with Nha Trang on 3 April 1975.
Its corps headquarters was in the mountain town of Pleiku. ARVN forces had also been deployed forward toward the border in order to slow the PAVN advance and allow the application of airpower to deplete North Vietnamese manpower and logistics.
With about two-thirds of its men battle casualties, the outgunned and outnumbered ARVN 22d Division gave way and was evacuated from the corps area by sea. During the fourth and final battle of Cassino in May, II Corps consisted of the 85th and 88th Infantry Divisions. This pushed the German 2nd Army back along a 50-mile (80 km) front line. Operations near the border were essential to Westmoreland's efforts to keep main force enemy units as far as possible from heavily populated areas.
The
Mobile strike forces and Vietnamese Ranger battalions came to the aid of the camp and helped to inflict heavy casualties on the enemy forces-the 28th North Vietnamese Army Regiment, the 40th North Vietnamese Artillery, and elements of the 60th North Vietnamese Army Regiment.
Thieu, desiring to husband his military assets, decided to retreat rather than to reinforce the highlands.
VII Corps HA (British), The II Corps (Vietnamese: Quân Äoà n II) was a corps of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the army of the nation state of South Vietnam that existed from 1955 to 1975. Congratulations on this excellent venture⦠what a great idea! Corps Tactical Zones. Unlike Da Nang, the Pleiku airlift was relatively free of incidents. On the other hand, Army commanders in II Corps sought to engage the enemy as close to the border as possible and were quick to respond to threats to Special Forces camps in the highlands. It was one of four corps in the ARVN, and it oversaw the region of the central highlands region, north of the capital Saigon. (See Appendix D.) Dak Seang was taken under siege at 0645 on 1 April, and when it became clear that the enemy was making a determined attempt to destroy the camp reinforcements were sent in. Refugee villages were established near Bu Prang and Duc Lap. The II Corps HQ took over the front from 6 October 1918 relieving the Australian Corps. Arrayed against them in II Corps were the South Vietnamese 22nd and 23rd Divisions, two armored cavalry squadrons, and the 2nd Airborne Brigade, all under the command of Lieutenant General Ngo Du.
The highlands offensive was preceded by NLF diversionary operations that opened on 5 April in coastal Bình Định Province, which aimed at closing Highway 1, seizing several ARVN firebases, and diverting South Vietnamese forces from operations further west. It included the Central Highlands and contiguous central lowlands, and was known
As part of the National Defense Act of 1920, II Corps was constituted as a unit of the National Guard on 29 Jul 1921.
Central Intelligence Agency Date: 1969 [4][5][6] The source code for the WIKI 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the Mozilla Foundation, Google, and Apple. On 15 August 1927 with a subsequent reorganization of the Army, the corps was constituted as a corps in the Regular Army. It had become evident as early as January that the North Vietnamese were building up for offensive operations in the tri-border region and numerous B-52 strikes had been conducted in the area in hopes of slowing the build-up.
In November, now under Major General Lloyd Fredendall, II Corps landed in Oran as part of Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa. script.setAttribute("async", true);
It included the Central Highlands and contiguous central lowlands, and was known politically as the Central Vietnam Highlands, one of the four major administrative political units of South Vietnam in the 1960s and early 1970s.
Salient victories against Americans, they believed, might deter a further build-up and weaken Washington's resolve to continue the war. In the summer of 1965, the villagers acquired thousands of men as new neighbors. Local insurgents menaced populated areas along the coastal plain, while enemy main force units intermittently pushed forward in the western highlands. From Mui Dinh northward the coastal plain remains narrow for about 100 miles to Mui Dieu / Tuy Hoa, where a mountain spur presses against the shore.
Concurrent with the evacuation from MR 1, ConGen 2 began to reduce US Mission personnel in MR 2 and to move Da Nang refugees to Saigon.
Advances made during a secondary assault by the Australian Corps (Battle of Albert) on 21–23 August, were exploited by the Allies in the Second Battle of the Somme. At the same time, he maintained a constant military threat in the highlands to divert allied forces from efforts at pacification. ARVN forces had also been deployed forward toward the border in order to slow the PAVN advance and allow the application of airpower to deplete North Vietnamese manpower and logistics.
The war in North Africa ended in May 1943 with almost 250,000 Axis soldiers surrendering, to become prisoners of war. Presidential Unit Citation (United States), "3d Armored Cavalry Squadron (ARVN) earned Presidential Unit Citation (United States) for extraordinary heroism". This, however, occurred without official approval as there was controversy regarding the battlefield command of US troops by junior officers from other countries. Neither President Nixon, weakened by the Watergate scandal and forced to resign, nor his successor, Gerald Ford, was prepared to challenge Congress by resuming U.S. military activity in Southeast Asia. It had become evident as early as January that the North Vietnamese were building up for offensive operations in the tri-border region and numerous B-52 strikes had been conducted in the area in hopes of slowing the build-up.
In Pleiku, II Corps Forward began to evacuate as early as 14 March. Thus Army operations in the highlands during 1966 and 1967 were characterized by wide-ranging, often futile searches, punctuated by sporadic but intense battles fought usually at the enemy's initiative. As Hanoi's forces spilled out of the highlands, they cut off South Vietnamese defenders in the northern provinces from the rest of the country.
(The Australian commander, General Sir John Monash, was said to have deliberately chosen the date as a gesture and motivator to the American infantry attached to his corps.) VII Corps RA (British),
During 1966 and 1967, the Americans engaged in a constant search for tactical concepts and techniques to maximize their advantages of firepower and mobility and to compensate for the constraints of time, distance, difficult terrain, and an inviolable border. Presidential Unit Citation (United States), "3d Armored Cavalry Squadron (ARVN) earned Presidential Unit Citation (United States) for extraordinary heroism", https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=II_Corps_(South_Vietnam)&oldid=722155382, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2014, Articles containing Vietnamese-language text, Military units and formations established in the 1960s, Military units and formations disestablished in 1975, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, About Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core. On 29 August, Bapaume fell to the New Zealand Division and other elements of the British IV Corps. 27th Division, Concentrating their efforts in the coastal districts of I Corps and lacking the more extensive helicopter support enjoyed by Army units, the USMC avoided operations in the highlands. Here the war was fought primarily to prevent the incursion of NVA units into South Vietnam and to erode their combat strength. major ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) units operating in II Corps were the 22nd and 23rd divisions. [1], One notable ARVN unit of II Corps, the 3d Armored Cavalry Squadron, earned the Presidential Unit Citation (United States). Contact was lost with Nha Trang on 3 April 1975.
Its corps headquarters was in the mountain town of Pleiku. ARVN forces had also been deployed forward toward the border in order to slow the PAVN advance and allow the application of airpower to deplete North Vietnamese manpower and logistics.
With about two-thirds of its men battle casualties, the outgunned and outnumbered ARVN 22d Division gave way and was evacuated from the corps area by sea. During the fourth and final battle of Cassino in May, II Corps consisted of the 85th and 88th Infantry Divisions. This pushed the German 2nd Army back along a 50-mile (80 km) front line. Operations near the border were essential to Westmoreland's efforts to keep main force enemy units as far as possible from heavily populated areas.
The
Mobile strike forces and Vietnamese Ranger battalions came to the aid of the camp and helped to inflict heavy casualties on the enemy forces-the 28th North Vietnamese Army Regiment, the 40th North Vietnamese Artillery, and elements of the 60th North Vietnamese Army Regiment.
Thieu, desiring to husband his military assets, decided to retreat rather than to reinforce the highlands.
VII Corps HA (British), The II Corps (Vietnamese: Quân Äoà n II) was a corps of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the army of the nation state of South Vietnam that existed from 1955 to 1975. Congratulations on this excellent venture⦠what a great idea! Corps Tactical Zones. Unlike Da Nang, the Pleiku airlift was relatively free of incidents. On the other hand, Army commanders in II Corps sought to engage the enemy as close to the border as possible and were quick to respond to threats to Special Forces camps in the highlands. It was one of four corps in the ARVN, and it oversaw the region of the central highlands region, north of the capital Saigon. (See Appendix D.) Dak Seang was taken under siege at 0645 on 1 April, and when it became clear that the enemy was making a determined attempt to destroy the camp reinforcements were sent in. Refugee villages were established near Bu Prang and Duc Lap. The II Corps HQ took over the front from 6 October 1918 relieving the Australian Corps. Arrayed against them in II Corps were the South Vietnamese 22nd and 23rd Divisions, two armored cavalry squadrons, and the 2nd Airborne Brigade, all under the command of Lieutenant General Ngo Du.
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The highlands offensive was preceded by NLF diversionary operations that opened on 5 April in coastal Bình Định Province, which aimed at closing Highway 1, seizing several ARVN firebases, and diverting South Vietnamese forces from operations further west. It included the Central Highlands and contiguous central lowlands, and was known
As part of the National Defense Act of 1920, II Corps was constituted as a unit of the National Guard on 29 Jul 1921.
Central Intelligence Agency Date: 1969 [4][5][6] The source code for the WIKI 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the Mozilla Foundation, Google, and Apple. On 15 August 1927 with a subsequent reorganization of the Army, the corps was constituted as a corps in the Regular Army. It had become evident as early as January that the North Vietnamese were building up for offensive operations in the tri-border region and numerous B-52 strikes had been conducted in the area in hopes of slowing the build-up.
In November, now under Major General Lloyd Fredendall, II Corps landed in Oran as part of Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa. script.setAttribute("async", true);
It included the Central Highlands and contiguous central lowlands, and was known politically as the Central Vietnam Highlands, one of the four major administrative political units of South Vietnam in the 1960s and early 1970s.
Salient victories against Americans, they believed, might deter a further build-up and weaken Washington's resolve to continue the war. In the summer of 1965, the villagers acquired thousands of men as new neighbors. Local insurgents menaced populated areas along the coastal plain, while enemy main force units intermittently pushed forward in the western highlands. From Mui Dinh northward the coastal plain remains narrow for about 100 miles to Mui Dieu / Tuy Hoa, where a mountain spur presses against the shore.
Concurrent with the evacuation from MR 1, ConGen 2 began to reduce US Mission personnel in MR 2 and to move Da Nang refugees to Saigon.
Advances made during a secondary assault by the Australian Corps (Battle of Albert) on 21–23 August, were exploited by the Allies in the Second Battle of the Somme. At the same time, he maintained a constant military threat in the highlands to divert allied forces from efforts at pacification. ARVN forces had also been deployed forward toward the border in order to slow the PAVN advance and allow the application of airpower to deplete North Vietnamese manpower and logistics.
The war in North Africa ended in May 1943 with almost 250,000 Axis soldiers surrendering, to become prisoners of war. Presidential Unit Citation (United States), "3d Armored Cavalry Squadron (ARVN) earned Presidential Unit Citation (United States) for extraordinary heroism". This, however, occurred without official approval as there was controversy regarding the battlefield command of US troops by junior officers from other countries. Neither President Nixon, weakened by the Watergate scandal and forced to resign, nor his successor, Gerald Ford, was prepared to challenge Congress by resuming U.S. military activity in Southeast Asia. It had become evident as early as January that the North Vietnamese were building up for offensive operations in the tri-border region and numerous B-52 strikes had been conducted in the area in hopes of slowing the build-up.
In Pleiku, II Corps Forward began to evacuate as early as 14 March. Thus Army operations in the highlands during 1966 and 1967 were characterized by wide-ranging, often futile searches, punctuated by sporadic but intense battles fought usually at the enemy's initiative. As Hanoi's forces spilled out of the highlands, they cut off South Vietnamese defenders in the northern provinces from the rest of the country.
(The Australian commander, General Sir John Monash, was said to have deliberately chosen the date as a gesture and motivator to the American infantry attached to his corps.) VII Corps RA (British),
During 1966 and 1967, the Americans engaged in a constant search for tactical concepts and techniques to maximize their advantages of firepower and mobility and to compensate for the constraints of time, distance, difficult terrain, and an inviolable border. Presidential Unit Citation (United States), "3d Armored Cavalry Squadron (ARVN) earned Presidential Unit Citation (United States) for extraordinary heroism", https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=II_Corps_(South_Vietnam)&oldid=722155382, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2014, Articles containing Vietnamese-language text, Military units and formations established in the 1960s, Military units and formations disestablished in 1975, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, About Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core. On 29 August, Bapaume fell to the New Zealand Division and other elements of the British IV Corps. 27th Division, Concentrating their efforts in the coastal districts of I Corps and lacking the more extensive helicopter support enjoyed by Army units, the USMC avoided operations in the highlands. Here the war was fought primarily to prevent the incursion of NVA units into South Vietnam and to erode their combat strength. major ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) units operating in II Corps were the 22nd and 23rd divisions. [1], One notable ARVN unit of II Corps, the 3d Armored Cavalry Squadron, earned the Presidential Unit Citation (United States). Contact was lost with Nha Trang on 3 April 1975.
Its corps headquarters was in the mountain town of Pleiku. ARVN forces had also been deployed forward toward the border in order to slow the PAVN advance and allow the application of airpower to deplete North Vietnamese manpower and logistics.
With about two-thirds of its men battle casualties, the outgunned and outnumbered ARVN 22d Division gave way and was evacuated from the corps area by sea. During the fourth and final battle of Cassino in May, II Corps consisted of the 85th and 88th Infantry Divisions. This pushed the German 2nd Army back along a 50-mile (80 km) front line. Operations near the border were essential to Westmoreland's efforts to keep main force enemy units as far as possible from heavily populated areas.
The
Mobile strike forces and Vietnamese Ranger battalions came to the aid of the camp and helped to inflict heavy casualties on the enemy forces-the 28th North Vietnamese Army Regiment, the 40th North Vietnamese Artillery, and elements of the 60th North Vietnamese Army Regiment.
Thieu, desiring to husband his military assets, decided to retreat rather than to reinforce the highlands.
VII Corps HA (British), The II Corps (Vietnamese: Quân Äoà n II) was a corps of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the army of the nation state of South Vietnam that existed from 1955 to 1975. Congratulations on this excellent venture⦠what a great idea! Corps Tactical Zones. Unlike Da Nang, the Pleiku airlift was relatively free of incidents. On the other hand, Army commanders in II Corps sought to engage the enemy as close to the border as possible and were quick to respond to threats to Special Forces camps in the highlands. It was one of four corps in the ARVN, and it oversaw the region of the central highlands region, north of the capital Saigon. (See Appendix D.) Dak Seang was taken under siege at 0645 on 1 April, and when it became clear that the enemy was making a determined attempt to destroy the camp reinforcements were sent in. Refugee villages were established near Bu Prang and Duc Lap. The II Corps HQ took over the front from 6 October 1918 relieving the Australian Corps. Arrayed against them in II Corps were the South Vietnamese 22nd and 23rd Divisions, two armored cavalry squadrons, and the 2nd Airborne Brigade, all under the command of Lieutenant General Ngo Du.
