The Battle of Binz is a battle between the forces of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam and the government of the South Vietnamese army , which occurred from December 28, 1964 to January 1, 1965 . It ended with the victory of the forces of the NFED .
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| date of | December 28, 1964 - January 1, 1965 | ||
| A place | South vietnam | ||
| Total | Viet Cong victory | ||
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Battle Progress
The strategic village of Binzia ( Vietnamese. Bình Giã , an erroneous transcription of Binh Gia is found) was located east of Saigon in the province of Fuoktuy . NFOYUV chose it to conduct its first major battle, a victory in which would be a successful propaganda move to mark the fourth anniversary of the creation of the front.
On the morning of December 28, 1964, the village was occupied by the forces of two regiments of the NFED, the local self-defense detachment (RFPF) of about 65 people reported an enemy attack and retreated [3] .
Having received information about the capture of the village (the exact number of attackers was unknown), the South Vietnamese command sent there a combined battalion of rangers (one company of the 30th battalion and two companies of the 33rd battalion).
On December 29, rangers landed from helicopters near the western outskirts of the village, but were ambushed and suffered heavy losses and despite the reinforcements received (two companies of the 30th ranger battalion), failed to break through the enemy’s defenses [4] .
The 38th battalion of South Vietnamese rangers who had landed south of the village also attacked the forces of the NFLW during the day, but then was forced to retreat [5] .
For the first time the Communists acted with such great forces.
On December 31, the 4th battalion of the South Vietnamese Marines entered the village, marching from the west on foot. He met no resistance, since the enemy had already withdrawn by this time. The partisans, during the retreat, managed to bring down the American helicopter attacking them, which fell on a rubber plantation east of Binz. The Marine Corps battalion entered the plantation to evacuate the bodies of the dead helicopter crew members. This task was completed, but then the battalion was ambushed, and, being without artillery and air support, it suffered heavy damage. On this battle was almost over.
Summary
During the battle of Binzia, the forces of the NFED did not for the first time retreat immediately after the attack, but continued to operate close to the attacked object for four days. For the South Vietnamese army, this was a serious defeat (probably the most serious since the beginning of the war). In battle, more than 200 government soldiers and 4 Americans from the helicopter crew died, and two American advisers were captured, where one of them was subsequently executed .
The battle of Binzia clearly showed the inability of the South Vietnamese government to cope independently with the intensified NFED . This and further defeats led the US leadership to the conclusion that the victory of the Communists in South Vietnam can only be prevented by sending US forces to the country. This happened in the spring and summer of 1965 .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Terry Burstall. A Soldier Returns: a Long Tan veteran discovers the other side of Vietnam. Brisbane: University of Queensland. 1990. p.40 - ISBN 978-0-7022-2252-8
- ↑ The Encyclopedia of Vietnam War. ABC-CLIO, 2011 .-- P. 107.
- ↑ Donald L. Price. The First Marine Captured in Vietnam: A Biography of Donald G. North Carolina: McFarland. 2007. p. 48 - ISBN 978-0-7864-4116-7
- ↑ Mark Moyar. Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War 1954-1975. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2006. p.337 - ISBN 978-0-521-86911-9
- ↑ Tran Ngoc Toan. The binh gia front