Perang An Lộc

Perang An Lộc
Bagian dari the Perang Vietnam
An Lộc, jika dilihat dari udara tahun 1972.
Tanggal April 13, 1972 – July 20, 1972 Lokasi An Lộc, Bình Long Province, South Vietnam Hasil Sejarah Kemenangan Vietnam Selatan dan Amerika
Pihak terlibat
Viet Cong  North Vietnam	South Vietnam  United States
Tokoh dan pemimpin
Trần Văn Trà	Lê Văn Hưng Lê Nguyên Vỹ James Hollingsworth Richard J. Tallman †[1]
Kekuatan
Overall ~ 35,470+ 5th Division ~ 9,230 7th Division ~ 8,600 9th Division ~ 10,680 69th PAVN Art'y Command ~ 3,830 205th PAVN Regt ~ 1,250, 203rd PAVN Tank Regt ~ 3,130 429th NLF Sapper Group ~ 320 48 tanks (in 2 battalion, included 17 M41 tanks captured from ARVN ^[butuh rujukan]	At An Loc: 7,500 5th Division: 7th Regiment, 850 8th Regiment, 2,100 9th Regiment, 200 3rd Ranger Group: 1,300 Task Force 52: 500 Binh Long Provincial Forces: 2,000 Miscellaneous units: 300 Reinforcements: 25,000+ 1st Airborne Brigade 81st Ranger Group : U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy firepower support
Korban
U.S. estimate: 10,000 casualties[2] Vietnamese figures: ~2,000 killed and 5,000 wounded[3] 47 tanks destroyed (in An Loc)^[butuh rujukan]	ARVN reported: 2,280 killed 2,091 missing 8,564 wounded[4]^:187 U.S.: unknown 38 tanks and APCs, 32 howitzers destroyed 10 aircraft, 20 helicopters lost[4]^:188

Perang An Lộc adalah salah satu peperangan utama yang terjadi selama Perang Vietnam yang berlangsung selama 66 hari dan secara taktis dimenangkan oleh Vietnam Selatan. Peperangan di An Lộc pada tahun 1972 itu adalah salah satu peperangan yang penting, dimana bala tentara Vietnam Selatan berhasil menahan laju kemenangan Vietnam Utara yang sedang bergerak maju menuju Saigon.

Referensi

1. "Richard Tallman, Brigadier General, United States Army". The Virtual Wall. Diakses tanggal 24 August 2014. 
2. Tucker, Spencer C. (2011). The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History (edisi ke-2nd). ABC-CLIO. hlm. 51. ISBN 9781851099603. 
3. Hồ sơ cục Quân y: Chiến dịch Nguyễn Huệ 4/1972 - 1/1973: 13.412 wounded (26,83% total forces); included fase 1 (battle of Loc Ninh and battle of An Loc): 6,214 wounded. Total killed or missing during the campaign: 3,961 (included 50% in fase 1)
4. Thi, Lam Quang (2009). Hell in An Loc: The 1972 Easter Invasion and the Battle that Saved South Vietnam. University of North Texas Press. ISBN 9781574412765. 

Pranala luar

• Perang AN LOC (VALIANT BINH LONG) Diarsipkan 2007-05-15 di Wayback Machine.
• Battle of An Loc – dituliskan oleh Letnan Kolonel James H. Willbanks
• Perang An Loc – Pergerakan pasukan yang sangat besar