Battle of Phuoc Long

Battle Of Phuoc Long

American Intervention

• Nui Thanh
• Chu Lai
• Starlite
• Plei Me
• Minh Thanh
• Hump
• Gang Toi
• 1st Bau Bang
• Ia Drang Valley
• Crimp
• Masher/White Wing
• Suoi Bong Trang
• Cu Nghi
• Kim Son Valley
• A Shau
• Birmingham
• Xa Cam My
• 1st Dong Ha
• Wahiawa
• Hastings
• Minh Thanh Road
• Prairie
• Đức Cơ
• Long Tân
• Beaver Cage
• Attleboro
• Bong Son
• Tân Sơn Nhứt airbase
• LZ Bird
• Cedar Falls
• Tuscaloosa
• Tra Binh Dong
• Bribie
• Junction City
• 2nd Bau Bang
• Francis Marion
• Union
• Hill 881
• 2nd Ap Bac
• 1st Con Thien
• Malheur I and Malheur II
• Baker
• Nine Days in May
• Union II
• Vinh Huy
• Buffalo
• 2nd Con Thien
• July Two
• Hong Kil Dong
• Suoi Chau Pha
• Swift
• Dong Son
• Wheeler/Wallowa
• 3rd Con Thien
• Medina
• Ông Thanh
• 1st Loc Ninh
• Kentucky
• 1st Dak To
• Mekong Delta
• Tam Quan
• Thom Tham Khe
• Phoenix
• Coburg

1968 Offensives

• New Year's Day Battle of 1968
• Khe Sanh
• 1st Tet
• 1st Saigon
• Huế
• 1st Quảng Trị
• Lang Vei
• Lima Site 85
• Toan Thang I
• Delaware
• 2nd Dong Ha
• May '68
• Kham Duc
• Coral-Balmoral
• Hoa Da-Song Mao
• Duc Lap
• Speedy Express
• Dewey Canyon
• Taylor Common
• 2nd Tet
• Apache Snow
• Hamburger Hill
• Twinkletoes
• Binh Ba
• Pat To
• LZ Kate
• Bu Prang
• Kent State
• Texas Star
• Chicago Peak
• Khe Gio Bridge

Drawdown 1968-73

• FSB Ripcord
• Jefferson Glenn
• Ban Dong
• Hill 723
• FSB Mary Ann
• Long Khanh
• Nui Le

Easter Offensive

• 2nd Quảng Trị
• 3rd Quảng Trị
• 2nd Loc Ninh
• An Lộc
• 3rd Dong Ha
• 2nd Dak To
• Kontum
• Thunderhead
• End Sweep
• Iron Triangle
• Svay Rieng

'Spring '75'

• Phuoc Long
• Ban Me Thuot
• Hue-Da Nang
• Xuân Lộc
• 2nd Saigon

'Laos and Cambodia'

• Ban Houei Sane
• Kompong Speu
• Prey Veng
• Snuol
• 1st Cambodia
• 2nd Cambodia
• Son Tay Raid
• Lam Son 719
• Tailwind
• Chenla I* Laos
• Chenla II

Air operations

• Farm Gate
• Chopper
• Ranch Hand
• Pierce Arrow
• Barrel Roll
• Pony Express
• Flaming Dart
• Iron Hand
• Rolling Thunder
• Steel Tiger
• Arc Light
• Tiger Hound
• Shed Light
• Thanh Hóa
• Bolo
• Popeye
• Yen Vien
• Niagara
• Niagara II
• 1st Do Luong
• 2nd Do Luong
• Igloo White
• Giant Lance
• Commando Hunt
• Menu
• Patio
• Freedom Deal
• Linebacker I
• Enhance Plus
• Linebacker II
• Homecoming
• Tan Son Nhut Air Base
• Babylift
• New Life
• Eagle Pull
• Frequent Wind

Naval operations

• Gulf of Tonkin
• Market Time
• Vung Ro Bay
• Game Warden
• Double Eagle
• Sea Dragon
• Deckhouse Five
• Bo De River, Nha Trang, Tha Cau River
• Sealords
• Hai Phong Harbor
• Đồng Hới
• Custom Tailor
• End Sweep
• Hoang Sa
• East Sea
• Mayaguez

The Battle of Phước Long was a decisive battle of the Vietnam War which began on December 12, 1974, and concluded on January 6, 1975. The battle involved the deployment of North Vietnam's 4th Army Corps for the first time, against determined units of the South Vietnamese Army in Phước Long in Bình Phước Province near the Cambodian border (to be distinguished from the other Phước Long in Bạc Liêu Province, south of Saigon), under the command of Lieutenant General Dư Quốc Đống.

On December 12, 1974, the North Vietnamese 4th Army Corps launched their campaign against Phuoc Long aiming to achieve three key objectives. Firstly, North Vietnamese leaders wanted to test the reaction of the United States Government, to see if they would actually uphold former President Richard Nixon's promises of military retaliation against North Vietnam. Secondly, North Vietnamese field commanders wanted to test the combat readiness of the South Vietnamese Army. And thirdly, the North Vietnamese wanted to solve their logistical problems once and for all, by capturing the district of Phuoc Long and the important transportation routes around it.

The North Vietnamese campaign proved to be a major success, because the fall of Phuoc Long showed that the involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War was truly over, especially when the United States Congress repeatedly voted against additional aid for South Vietnam. Militarily, the victory at Phuoc Long also enabled the North Vietnamese to expand their logistical routes from the Central Highlands of South Vietnam to the Mekong Delta, which placed enormous pressure on the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.