Atlas of Battles

commander, 11 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 11 placed engagements in the atlas between 1951 and 1975: 8 battles and 3 campaigns across 2 present-day countries, most in Vietnam (10), Laos (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 5,685 km apart end to end, 568 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Vietnam War (9), First Indochina War (2).

Battle of Nghia LoOperation LorraineBattle of Dong XoaiFirst Battle of Quảng TrịBattle of Cửa ViệtHue–Da Nang CampaignOperation Junction CityOperation Lam Son 719Easter Offensive1975 spring offensiveFall of SaigonOperation Junction CityOperation Lam Son 719Easter Offensive1975 spring offensiveFall of SaigonBangkokShenzhenChattogramHanoiYangonNanningPhnom PenhNaypyidawVientianeZhanjiang1000 km16.190N, 105.838E
11 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1951: 1 engagements1952: 1 engagements1965: 1 engagements1967: 1 engagements1971: 1 engagements1972: 2 engagements1973: 1 engagements1975: 3 engagements3 in 197519511975
11 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Nghia Lo, 1951Operation Lorraine, 1952Battle of Dong Xoai, 1965Operation Junction City, 1967Operation Lam Son 719, 1971First Battle of Quảng Trị, 1972Easter Offensive, 1972Battle of Cửa Việt, 19731975 spring offensive, 1975Hue–Da Nang Campaign, 1975Fall 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
1952Operation LorraineNghĩa Lộ, Vietnam3 km SEFrench victory
1965Battle of Dong XoaiĐồng Xoài, Vietnam1,145 km SViet Cong victory
1967Operation Junction CityTây Ninh, Vietnam91 km WInconclusive
1971Operation Lam Son 719Laos795 km NSee Aftermath
30 March 1972First Battle of Quảng TrịQuảng Trị, Vietnam345 km SENorth Vietnamese victory
1972Easter OffensiveSouth Vietnam, Vietnam663 km SU.S. and South Vietnamese victory
1973Battle of Cửa ViệtVietnam683 km NNorth Vietnamese victory
19751975 spring offensiveSouth Vietnam, Vietnam683 km SNorth Vietnamese victory; Fall of Saigon to the PAVN and...
1975Hue–Da Nang CampaignHuế, Vietnam639 km NNorth Vietnamese and Viet Cong victory; South Vietnamese...
30 April 1975Fall of SaigonHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam638 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.