Bump in the Night - Battle of Ba Gia - Campaign Series Vietnam 1948-1967
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| Games Played: | 0 |
| SM: | 3 |
| Turns: | 21 |
| Type: | Stock |
| First Side: | S. Vietnam |
| Second Side: | N. Vietnam |
Jason Petho
29 May, 1965
[Ba Gia, Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam]: [SIDE A / H2H] [HIS] [CSL]:
At the beginning of the summer season in 1965, VC Commanders in Military Region 5 passed a resolution to launch a military operation known as the "Le Do Campaign", which was supposed to last from May 15 to August 30, 1965. The operation was aimed at ARVN military units based in the provinces of Gia Lai, Kon Tum and Quang Ngai.
Prior to the Summer Offensive of 1965, Quang Ngai and the surrounding provinces had witnessed a substantial increase in VC military activities.
On February 6, 1965, the VC 409th Sapper Battalion attacked the U.S. base at Camp Holloway at Pleiku, injuring more than a hundred American personnel and damaging about 20 aircraft. The U.S. retaliated by launching Operation Flaming Dart, bombing selected targets in North Vietnam.
On 10 February the VC bombed a U.S. military billet in Qui Nhon and the U.S. retaliated by launching Operation Flaming Dart II.
Following those actions, the VC decided to launch a major assault on South Vietnamese units in Ba Gia, a small village in Son Tinh District about 10 kilometres away from Quang Ngai City.
At 5.45 am on May 29, elements of the VC 1st Regiment launched a surprise attack on Phuoc Loc, a small village located south of Ba Gia. Within 10 minutes of fighting, the two platoons of South Vietnamese Regional Force defending Phuoc Loc were subdued, and the VC quickly consolidated the battlefield around the area.
At around 6:00 am ARVN Captain Nguyen Van Ngoc, commander of the 1st Battalion, 51st Infantry Regiment, led his unit from Go Cao south toward Phuoc Loc to stage a counterattack against the lead element of the enemies' 271st Regiment.
[ALL, NO VV] [CSEE, Variable Objectives] [1.00]
29 May, 1965
[Ba Gia, Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam]: [SIDE A / H2H] [HIS] [CSL]:
At the beginning of the summer season in 1965, VC Commanders in Military Region 5 passed a resolution to launch a military operation known as the "Le Do Campaign", which was supposed to last from May 15 to August 30, 1965. The operation was aimed at ARVN military units based in the provinces of Gia Lai, Kon Tum and Quang Ngai.
Prior to the Summer Offensive of 1965, Quang Ngai and the surrounding provinces had witnessed a substantial increase in VC military activities.
On February 6, 1965, the VC 409th Sapper Battalion attacked the U.S. base at Camp Holloway at Pleiku, injuring more than a hundred American personnel and damaging about 20 aircraft. The U.S. retaliated by launching Operation Flaming Dart, bombing selected targets in North Vietnam.
On 10 February the VC bombed a U.S. military billet in Qui Nhon and the U.S. retaliated by launching Operation Flaming Dart II.
Following those actions, the VC decided to launch a major assault on South Vietnamese units in Ba Gia, a small village in Son Tinh District about 10 kilometres away from Quang Ngai City.
At 5.45 am on May 29, elements of the VC 1st Regiment launched a surprise attack on Phuoc Loc, a small village located south of Ba Gia. Within 10 minutes of fighting, the two platoons of South Vietnamese Regional Force defending Phuoc Loc were subdued, and the VC quickly consolidated the battlefield around the area.
At around 6:00 am ARVN Captain Nguyen Van Ngoc, commander of the 1st Battalion, 51st Infantry Regiment, led his unit from Go Cao south toward Phuoc Loc to stage a counterattack against the lead element of the enemies' 271st Regiment.
[ALL, NO VV] [CSEE, Variable Objectives] [1.00]
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