Perang An Lộc

Bagian dari the Perang Vietnam

An Lộc, jika dilihat dari udara tahun 1972.

Tanggal	April 13, 1972 – July 20, 1972
Lokasi	An Lộc, Bình Long Province, South Vietnam
Hasil	Sejarah Kemenangan Vietnam Selatan dan Amerika

Pihak terlibat

Viet Cong

North Vietnam

South Vietnam

United States

Tokoh dan pemimpin

Trần Văn Trà

Lê Văn Hưng

Lê Nguyên Vỹ

James Hollingsworth

Richard J. Tallman †^[1]

Kekuatan

Overall ~ 35,470+

5th Division ~ 9,230
7th Division ~ 8,600
9th Division ~ 10,680
69th PAVN Art'y Command ~ 3,830
205th PAVN Regt ~ 1,250,
203rd PAVN Tank Regt ~ 3,130
429th NLF Sapper Group ~ 320

48 tanks (in 2 battalion, included 17 M41 tanks captured from ARVN ^{[butuh rujukan]}

At An Loc: 7,500

5th Division:

7th Regiment, 850
8th Regiment, 2,100
9th Regiment, 200

3rd Ranger Group: 1,300
Task Force 52: 500
Binh Long Provincial Forces: 2,000
Miscellaneous units: 300

Reinforcements: 25,000+
1st Airborne Brigade
81st Ranger Group

: U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy firepower support

Korban

U.S. estimate: 10,000 casualties^[2]
Vietnamese figures: ~2,000 killed and 5,000 wounded^[3]

47 tanks destroyed (in An Loc)^{[butuh rujukan]}

ARVN reported: 2,280 killed
2,091 missing
8,564 wounded^[4]^:187
U.S.: unknown

38 tanks and APCs, 32 howitzers destroyed
10 aircraft, 20 helicopters lost^[4]^:188

l b s Pertempuran militer selama Perang Vietnam
Guerrilla phase Laos Chopper Sunrise Palace Bombing 1st Ap Bac Go Cong Hiep Hoa 34A Long Dinh Kien Long Quyet Thang 202 USNS Card Nam Dong An Lao Binh Gia Camp Holloway Qui Nhơn Sông Bé Ba Gia Dong Xoai American intervention 1965 Starlite Piranha An Ninh Plei Me Hump Gang Toi Bàu Bàng ke-1 Ia Drang Bushmaster II Harvest Moon 1966 Marauder Crimp Van Buren Masher/White Wing Double Eagle Mastiff Suoi Bong Trang New York Harrison Cocoa Beach Utah Silver City A Sau Oregon Texas Lincoln Fillmore Jackstay Buddhist Uprising Xa Cam My Georgia Birmingham Davy Crockett Austin IV Paul Revere Crazy Horse El Paso Hardihood Wahiawa Lam Son II Hawthorne Hill 488 Nathan Hale Jay Macon Hastings Minh Thanh Road John Paul Jones Prairie Colorado Duc Co Long Tan SS Baton Rouge Victory Amarillo Byrd Sunset Beach Seward Thayer, Irving and Thayer II Attleboro Deckhouse IV Shenandoah Atlanta Paul Revere IV Geronimo Tan Son Nhut airbase Fairfax Firebase Bird 1967 Deckhouse V Cedar Falls Desoto Gadsden Sam Houston Pershing Enterprise Tra Binh Dong Bribie Junction City (1st Prek Klok 2nd Prek Klok Ap Gu Suoi Tre Bàu Bàng ke-2) Francis Marion Lejeune Union Baker Manhattan The Hill Fights Beaver Cage Con Thien/DMZ Hickory Prairie II Prairie III Prairie IV Buffalo Kentucky Kingfisher Malheur I and Malheur II Kole Kole Barking Sands Union II Dragnet Akron Billings Concordia The Slopes Hong Kil Dong Diamond Head Coronado Coronado II Hood River Suoi Chau Pha Benton Coronado IV Swift Dragon Fire Wheeler/Wallowa Coronado V Kunia Bolling Medina Shenandoah II Ong Thanh 1st Loc Ninh MacArthur Dak To Osceola Lancaster Coronado IX Neosho Santa Fe Essex Kien Giang 9-1 Napoleon Phoenix Manchester Saratoga Yellowstone Muscatine Badger Tooth Auburn Serangan Tet dan pascanya New Year's Day Perang 1968 McLain Khe Sanh Ban Houei Sane Lang Vei Coronado X Tet Offensive Saigon US Embassy Cholon and Phu Tho Racetrack Tan Son Nhut Air Base Joint General Staff Compound Bien Hoa and Long Binh Hue Quảng Trị Bến Tre Coburg Lo Giang Hop Tac I Coronado XI Patrick Tam Kỳ Truong Cong Dinh Lima Site 85 Quyet Thang My Lai Massacre Walker Carentan Pegasus Cochise Green *Toan Thang I* Burlington Trail Scotland II Delaware Allen Brook May Offensive Dai Do West Saigon Landing Zone Center An Bao South Saigon Kham Duc Coral–Balmoral Jeb Stuart III Nevada Eagle Mameluke Thrust Toan Thang II Robin Binh An Thor Pocahontas Forest Quyet Chien Somerset Plain Phase III Offensive Duc Lap Champaign Grove Vinh Loc Thượng Đức Maui Peak Henderson Hill Sheridan Sabre Meade River Hat Dich Speedy Express Taylor Common Fayette Canyon Vietnamization 1969–71 DMZ Campaign (1969-71) Bold Mariner Dewey Canyon Toan Thang III 2nd Tet Iron Mountain Massachusetts Striker Purple Martin Maine Crag Frederick Hill Geneva Park Montana Mauler Oklahoma Hills Washington Green Virginia Ridge Apache Snow Hamburger Hill Lamar Plain Pipestone Canyon Binh Ba Montgomery Rendezvous Utah Mesa Campbell Streamer Idaho Canyon Nantucket Beach Fulton Square LZ Kate Toan Thang IV Randolph Glen Green River Texas Star FSB Ripcord Cambodian Campaign Pennsylvania Square Clinch Valley Elk Canyon Pickens Forest Wolfe Mountain Chicago Peak Firebase O'Reilly Chenla I Imperial Lake Jefferson Glenn Tailwind Son Tay Raid Snuol Cuu Long 44-02 Lam Son 719 Finney Hill Middlesex Peak FSB Mary Ann Caroline Hill Long Khánh Chenla II Nui Le Easter Offensive (1972) 2nd Quang Trị 2nd Loc Ninh An Lộc Kontum Thunderhead 3rd Quang Trị War of the flags Cửa Việt The Vinh wiretap Post-Paris Peace Accords (1973–1974) Hồng Ngự Tong Le Chon Trung Nghia Ap Da Bien Quang Duc Tri Phap Svay Rieng Iron Triangle Duc Duc Thượng Đức Phú Lộc Phuoc Long Spring 1975 Ban Me Thuot Hue–Da Nang Phan Rang Xuân Lộc Kejatuhan Phnom Penh Kejatuhan Saigon Mayaguez incident Air operations Farm Gate Chopper Ranch Hand Pierce Arrow Barrel Roll Pony Express Flaming Dart Iron Hand Rolling Thunder Steel Tiger Arc Light Combat Skyspot Tiger Hound Shed Light Thanh Hoa Bolo Popeye Yen Vien Niagara Igloo White Commando Hunt Giant Lance Menu Patio Freedom Deal Linebacker I Enhance Plus Linebacker II Homecoming Pengeboman Pangkalan udara Tan Son Nhut Babylift New Life Eagle Pull Frequent Wind Naval operations Yankee & Dixie stations Gulf of Tonkin Market Time Vung Ro Bay Game Warden Double Eagle PIRAZ Sea Dragon Deckhouse Five Bo De River, Nha Trang, Tha Cau River Sealords Đồng Hới Pocket Money Custom Tailor End Sweep Paracel Islands East Sea

Pertempuran militer selama Perang Vietnam

Guerrilla phase

Laos
Chopper
Sunrise
Palace Bombing
1st Ap Bac
Go Cong
Hiep Hoa
34A
Long Dinh
Kien Long
Quyet Thang 202
USNS Card
Nam Dong
An Lao
Binh Gia
Camp Holloway
Qui Nhơn
Sông Bé
Ba Gia
Dong Xoai

American intervention 1965

Starlite
Piranha
An Ninh
Plei Me
Hump
Gang Toi
Bàu Bàng ke-1
Ia Drang
Bushmaster II
Harvest Moon

1966

Marauder
Crimp
Van Buren
Masher/White Wing
- Double Eagle
Mastiff
Suoi Bong Trang
New York
Harrison
Cocoa Beach
Utah
Silver City
A Sau
Oregon
Texas
Lincoln
Fillmore
Jackstay
Buddhist Uprising
Xa Cam My
Georgia
Birmingham
Davy Crockett
Austin IV
Paul Revere
Crazy Horse
El Paso
Hardihood
Wahiawa
Lam Son II
Hawthorne
Hill 488
Nathan Hale
Jay
Macon
Hastings
Minh Thanh Road
John Paul Jones
Prairie
Colorado
Duc Co
Long Tan
SS Baton Rouge Victory
Amarillo
Byrd
Sunset Beach
Seward
Thayer, Irving and Thayer II
Attleboro
Deckhouse IV
Shenandoah
Atlanta
Paul Revere IV
Geronimo
Tan Son Nhut airbase
Fairfax
Firebase Bird

1967

Deckhouse V
Cedar Falls
Desoto
Gadsden
Sam Houston
Pershing
Enterprise
Tra Binh Dong
Bribie
Junction City (1st Prek Klok
2nd Prek Klok
Ap Gu
Suoi Tre
Bàu Bàng ke-2)
Francis Marion
Lejeune
Union
Baker
Manhattan
The Hill Fights
Beaver Cage
Con Thien/DMZ
- Hickory
- Prairie II
- Prairie III
- Prairie IV
- Buffalo
- Kentucky
- Kingfisher
Malheur I and Malheur II
Kole Kole
Barking Sands
Union II
Dragnet
Akron
Billings
Concordia
The Slopes
Hong Kil Dong
Diamond Head
Coronado
Coronado II
Hood River
Suoi Chau Pha
Benton
Coronado IV
Swift
Dragon Fire
Wheeler/Wallowa
Coronado V
Kunia
Bolling
Medina
Shenandoah II
- Ong Thanh
- 1st Loc Ninh
MacArthur
- Dak To
Osceola
Lancaster
Coronado IX
Neosho
Santa Fe
Essex
Kien Giang 9-1
Napoleon
Phoenix
Manchester
Saratoga
Yellowstone
Muscatine
Badger Tooth
Auburn

Serangan Tet dan pascanya

New Year's Day Perang 1968
McLain
Khe Sanh
- Ban Houei Sane
- Lang Vei
Coronado X
Tet Offensive
- Saigon
- US Embassy
- Cholon and Phu Tho Racetrack
- Tan Son Nhut Air Base
- Joint General Staff Compound
- Bien Hoa and Long Binh
- Hue
- Quảng Trị
- Bến Tre
- Coburg
- Lo Giang
Hop Tac I
Coronado XI
Patrick
Tam Kỳ
Truong Cong Dinh
Lima Site 85
Quyet Thang
My Lai Massacre
Walker
Carentan
Pegasus
Cochise Green
Toan Thang I
Burlington Trail
Scotland II
Delaware
Allen Brook
May Offensive
- Dai Do
- West Saigon
- Landing Zone Center
- An Bao
- South Saigon
- Kham Duc
- Coral–Balmoral
Jeb Stuart III
Nevada Eagle
Mameluke Thrust
Toan Thang II
Robin
Binh An
Thor
Pocahontas Forest
Quyet Chien
Somerset Plain
Phase III Offensive
- Duc Lap
Champaign Grove
Vinh Loc
Thượng Đức
Maui Peak
Henderson Hill
Sheridan Sabre
Meade River
Hat Dich
Speedy Express
Taylor Common
Fayette Canyon

Vietnamization 1969–71

DMZ Campaign (1969-71)
Bold Mariner
Dewey Canyon
Toan Thang III
2nd Tet
Iron Mountain
Massachusetts Striker
Purple Martin
Maine Crag
Frederick Hill
Geneva Park
Montana Mauler
Oklahoma Hills
Washington Green
Virginia Ridge
Apache Snow
- Hamburger Hill
Lamar Plain
Pipestone Canyon
Binh Ba
Montgomery Rendezvous
Utah Mesa
Campbell Streamer
Idaho Canyon
Nantucket Beach
Fulton Square
LZ Kate
Toan Thang IV
Randolph Glen
Green River
Texas Star
- FSB Ripcord
Cambodian Campaign
Pennsylvania Square
Clinch Valley
Elk Canyon
Pickens Forest
Wolfe Mountain
Chicago Peak
Firebase O'Reilly
Chenla I
Imperial Lake
Jefferson Glenn
Tailwind
Son Tay Raid
Snuol
Cuu Long 44-02
Lam Son 719
Finney Hill
Middlesex Peak
- FSB Mary Ann
Caroline Hill
Long Khánh
Chenla II
Nui Le

Easter Offensive (1972)

2nd Quang Trị
2nd Loc Ninh
An Lộc
Kontum
Thunderhead
3rd Quang Trị
War of the flags
Cửa Việt
The Vinh wiretap

Post-Paris Peace Accords (1973–1974)

Hồng Ngự
Tong Le Chon
Trung Nghia
Ap Da Bien
Quang Duc
Tri Phap
Svay Rieng
Iron Triangle
Duc Duc
Thượng Đức
Phú Lộc
Phuoc Long

Spring 1975

Ban Me Thuot
Hue–Da Nang
Phan Rang
Xuân Lộc
Kejatuhan Phnom Penh
Kejatuhan Saigon
Mayaguez incident

Air operations

Farm Gate
Chopper
Ranch Hand
Pierce Arrow
Barrel Roll
Pony Express
Flaming Dart
Iron Hand
Rolling Thunder
Steel Tiger
Arc Light
Combat Skyspot
Tiger Hound
Shed Light
Thanh Hoa
Bolo
Popeye
Yen Vien
Niagara
Igloo White
Commando Hunt
Giant Lance
Menu
Patio
Freedom Deal
Linebacker I
Enhance Plus
Linebacker II
Homecoming
Pengeboman Pangkalan udara Tan Son Nhut
Babylift
New Life
Eagle Pull
Frequent Wind

Naval operations

Yankee & Dixie stations
Gulf of Tonkin
Market Time
Vung Ro Bay
Game Warden
Double Eagle
PIRAZ
Sea Dragon
Deckhouse Five
Bo De River, Nha Trang, Tha Cau River
Sealords
Đồng Hới
Pocket Money
Custom Tailor
End Sweep
Paracel Islands
East Sea

Perang An Lộc adalah salah satu peperangan utama yang terjadi selama Perang Vietnam yang berlangsung selama 66 hari dan secara taktis dimenangkan oleh Vietnam Selatan. Peperangan di An Lộc pada tahun 1972 itu adalah salah satu peperangan yang penting, dimana bala tentara Vietnam Selatan berhasil menahan laju kemenangan Vietnam Utara yang sedang bergerak maju menuju Saigon.

Referensi

^ "Richard Tallman, Brigadier General, United States Army". The Virtual Wall. Diakses tanggal 24 August 2014.
^ Tucker, Spencer C. (2011). The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History (edisi ke-2nd). ABC-CLIO. hlm. 51. ISBN 9781851099603.
^ Hồ sơ cục Quân y: Chiến dịch Nguyễn Huệ 4/1972 - 1/1973: 13.412 wounded (26,83% total forces); included fase 1 (battle of Loc Ninh and battle of An Loc): 6,214 wounded. Total killed or missing during the campaign: 3,961 (included 50% in fase 1)
^ ^a ^b Thi, Lam Quang (2009). Hell in An Loc: The 1972 Easter Invasion and the Battle that Saved South Vietnam. University of North Texas Press. ISBN 9781574412765.