Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Giáp Văn Cương

Vietnam People's Navy admiral, 1921 to 1990

Giáp Văn Cương is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1964 and 1968: 4 battles and 1 campaign, all in present-day Vietnam. Taken in date order, the sites lie 242 km apart end to end, 60 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Vietnam War (5).

Battle of An LaoOperation MasherBattle of Bong SonOperation Wheeler / WallowaBattle of Kham DucBattle of An LaoOperation MasherBattle of Bong SonOperation Wheeler / WallowaBattle of Kham DucDa NangHueQui NhonPlay KuQuảng NgãiKon TumPakxeChampasakSaravanAttapu200 km15.056N, 108.407E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1964: 1 engagements1966: 2 engagements2 in 19661967: 1 engagements1968: 1 engagements19641968
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of An Lao, 1964Operation Masher, 1966Battle of Bong Son, 1966Operation Wheeler / Wallowa, 1967Battle of Kham Duc, 196819641968
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1964Battle of An LaoAn Lão, VietnamViet Cong victory
1966Operation MasherBồng Sơn, Vietnam27 km SEInconclusive
1966Battle of Bong SonBồng Sơn, Vietnam0 km NInconclusive
1967Operation Wheeler / WallowaHiệp Đức, Vietnam167 km NWInconclusive
10 May 1968Battle of Kham DucVietnam48 km SWNorth 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. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.