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Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa.
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War in Southeast Asia from 1955 to 1975
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1st Australian Task Force
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The 1st Australian Task Force was a brigade-sized formation which commanded Australian and New Zealand Army units deployed to South Vietnam between 1966 and 1972. 1 ATF was based in a rubber plantation at Nui Dat, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of Bà Rịa in Phuoc Tuy Province and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Operation Coburg
Military action of the Vietnam War (1968)
Operation Coburg was an Australian and New Zealand military action during the Vietnam War. The operation saw heavy fighting between the 1st Australian Task Force and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC) forces during the wider fighting around Long…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
People's Army of Vietnam
Primary combined military forces of Vietnam, responsible for national defense
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Viet Cong
Revolutionary organization active in South Vietnam and Cambodia from 1960 to 1977
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Long Bình, Biên Hòa
Ward in Đồng Nai, Vietnam
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Biên Hòa
Provincial city in Đồng Nai, Vietnam
Biên Hòa is the capital city of Đồng Nai Province, Vietnam, and is part of the Ho Chi Minh City metropolitan area. Situated northeast of Ho Chi Minh City, Biên Hòa is connected to it via Hanoi Highway. As a class-1 provincial city, it is the sixth largest city in Vietnam by…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)