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The Easter Offensive Took Place Primarily In The Northern Three Military Regions (out Of A Total Of Four) Of South Vietnam. In The Northernmost Region, Called I Corps, The North Vietnamese Opened The Attack On 30 March 1972 With A Massive Artillery Barrage Of An Intensity Unmatched Since World War Ii. Worse, From An Infantryman's Perspective, There Were Heavy Tanks, Also Unprecedented On The Battlefields Of South Vietnam. Frightened South Vietnamese Soldiers Cowered In Their Positions, Often Refusing To Fight. They Abandoned Many Key Positions And By The End Of April Most Of Quang Tri Province, Including The Provincial Capital, Was In Enemy Hands And An Entire South Vietnamese Division Had Been Destroyed.--book Jacket. In Ii Corps And Iii Corps The Battle Began Less Dramatically, But With Equally Devastating Effects. District Capitals Fell In Quick Succession In Three Provinces, And Two Key Cities, Kontum And An Loc, Came Under Siege.^ After Savage Fighting Lasting More Than A Month, Both Cities Managed To Hold Out, Though They Were Largely Destroyed. The Key To This Pyrrhic Victory Was American Air Power - Lots Of It - Which Bombed The Besieging North Vietnamese Troops Around The

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Author

Andrade, Dale

Publisher

Hippocrene Books, Incorporated

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9780781802864

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, History, Historical Fiction

Rating

3.94 / 5 (13 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13