Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Hoàng Văn Thái

Battles of Hoàng Văn Thái

Vietnamese general (1915–1986)

Hoàng Văn Thái is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1950 and 1972: 8 battles and 1 campaign, all in present-day Vietnam. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,530 km apart end to end, 191 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Vietnam War (5), First Indochina War (4).

Battle of Dong KheMay OffensivePhase III OffensiveBattle of Loc NinhBattle of Route Coloniale 4Battle of Vinh YenBattle of Hoa BinhTet OffensiveEaster OffensiveBattle of Route Coloniale 4Battle of Vinh YenBattle of Hoa BinhTet OffensiveEaster OffensiveManilaBangkokGuangzhouShenzhenChattogramYangonKaohsiungShantouPhnom PenhNaypyidaw1000 km16.599N, 106.169E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1950: 2 engagements1951: 2 engagements1968: 3 engagements3 in 19681972: 2 engagements19501972
9 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, 1951Tet Offensive, 1968May Offensive, 1968Phase III Offensive, 1968Battle of Loc Ninh, 1972Easter Offensive, 197219501972
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1950Battle of Dong KheĐông Khê, VietnamViệt Minh victory
1950Battle of Route Coloniale 4Đông Khê, Vietnam0 km NViệt Minh victory
1951Battle of Vinh YenVĩnh Yên, Vietnam152 km SWFrench Union victory
10 November 1951Battle of Hoa BinhHòa Bình, Vietnam61 km SWViệt Minh victory; Viet Minh captured Hoà Bình; Abolishment...
1968Tet OffensiveSouth Vietnam, Vietnam1,106 km SU.S. – South Vietnamese victory
1968May OffensiveSouth Vietnam, Vietnam42 km SWAmerican and South Vietnamese victory
1968Phase III OffensiveSouth Vietnam, Vietnam0 km NUS / South Vietnamese victory
4 April 1972Battle of Loc NinhLộc Ninh, Vietnam85 km NWViet Cong–North Vietnamese victory
1972Easter OffensiveSouth Vietnam, Vietnam85 km SEU.S. and South 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.