The heroic history of the Vietnam People's Army

(Baonghean.vn) - On the occasion of the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army. Let's review the milestones that made the history of our army.

On December 22, 1944, exactly 73 years ago, in Tran Hung Dao forest, Nguyen Binh district, Cao Bang province, the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army - the predecessor of the Vietnam People's Army was established.

December 25, 1944:The disguised Vietnamese Propaganda Liberation Army used a trick to attack and destroy Phai Khac station in Kim Ma commune, Nguyen Binh district, Cao Bang province.

December 26, 1944:The team attacked Na Ngan Fort (15 km northeast of Phai Khac).

September 23, 1945:The French colonialists, with the support of British troops, blatantly provoked in Saigon, starting the second war of aggression against our country. Right in the early days, the army and people of Saigon achieved many outstanding feats, exhausted the enemy's strength, and destroyed part of their bases. Notable battles were the battles at Thi Nghe, Ben Phan bridge, the attack on the Saigon Prison, and the burning of French ships that had just docked in Saigon.

Night of December 19-20, 1946:The gunshots of resistance began to ring out in Hanoi, opening the period of the whole country's resistance against the French invasion. With the spirit of "death for the Fatherland", the soldiers of the national defense army, the volunteer police, and the militia fought the enemy very bravely. Many fierce battles took place at the Bac Bo Palace, the Railway Station, Long Bien Bridge, and Dong Xuan Market.

Suicide bombers fighting on the streets of Hanoi. Photo: Archive

October 17, 1947:The French mobilized 20,000 elite troops with planes and warships to support a major attack on North Vietnam, aiming to destroy our resistance headquarters and end the war of aggression "in a flash". The Viet Bac army and people continuously intercepted and counterattacked, destroying the enemy everywhere, notably the battles of Binh Ca (Tuyen Quang), Bong Lau (Cao Bang), Doan Hung, and Khu Lau on the Lo River.

July 7, 1950:The General Command on the Cao-Lang Border Campaign (Le Hong Phong II Campaign). The purpose was to destroy enemy forces, liberate part of the border, open a route to socialist countries, and expand and consolidate the Viet Bac base.

September 16, 1950:Our army fought the opening battle, destroying the Dong Khe stronghold cluster.

October 3, 1950:The enemy quickly ordered troops in Cao Bang to retreat, and at the same time mobilized troops in That Khe to come to the rescue. Our troops continuously intercepted on October 7 and 8, 1950, destroying the two armies of Le-pa-giơ and Sartông at Coc Xa mountain and height 477.

Taking advantage of the victory, our army switched to attacking and liberating a 100km long border strip from Dong Dang (Lang Son) to Dinh Lap, An Chau, Tien Yen (Quang Yen).

March 13, 1954:Our army opened fire to launch the first attack on the Dien Bien Phu stronghold, successively destroying the Him Lam and Doc Lap strongholds, forcing the enemy in Ban Keo to surrender, opening the entrance to the center of the stronghold.

The Dien Bien Phu victory contributed to the decisive end of the 9-year long resistance war against French colonialism by our army and people. This was a great victory in the history of our nation's resistance against foreign invaders, greatly encouraging the anti-colonialism movement of peoples around the world.

March 30, 1954:We launched a second attack to destroy the eastern strongholds. The back-and-forth battle between us and the enemy was very fierce. Our army's encirclement gradually closed, forcing the enemy into a very difficult situation.

May 1, 1954:The third attack began; our troops successively captured the eastern and western bases, breaking the enemy's counterattacks.

May 7, 1954:Our army launched a general attack to destroy the entire Dien Bien Phu stronghold.

Late 1959:The people of many communes in Tra Bong district (Quang Ngai), together with the first concentrated armed platoon of the province, rose up to destroy evil, eliminate traitors, and seize power in a number of villages and communes, opening a new phase of struggle. In the following days, the people of Mo Cay and Thanh Phu districts, Ben Tre province, under the leadership of the local party committee, rose up in unison, destroying or paralyzing the enemy's hamlet and commune governments, and establishing self-governing People's Committees.

After that, the "Dong Khoi" movement quickly spread to many provinces in the South, the Central Highlands and the western regions of the provinces of Zone 5, forming a large base area. Many militia units and local troops of the provinces and districts were formed and developed in the "Dong Khoi" movement.

January 2, 1963:The US and the puppet government immediately launched a large-scale sweep called "Duc Thang 1-63". Based on the people's war strategy, after one day of fighting, we won.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Dinh and other leaders of the Central Committee of the Southern region.

February 7, 1965:The US imperialists used the air force to launch the "fire spear" campaign, and from March 2, 1965, it was called the "Thunder Axe" campaign, continuously attacking the North, starting a destructive war by air and naval forces against the North. The army and people of the North fought back bravely, winning the first battle, then successively smashing their escalations, establishing glorious feats of arms.

April 4, 1965:The first time our plane shot down an enemy plane.

July 24, 1965: For the first time, our missile troops shot down many enemy planes. Before the heavy defeat in the North and the South

January 1, 1968:Johnson had to declare an unconditional end to the bombing of the North, then accept the Four-Party Conference in Paris.

December 1964:The victory of Binh Gia marked the maturity of our main force and signaled the failure of the "Helicopter Transport" and "Armored Vehicle Transport" tactical measures of the US - Puppet in the "Special War".

Morning of August 18, 1965:The US and puppets launched the "Bright Star" operation targeting Van Tuong village (Quang Ngai) with the intention of destroying a main force unit of ours, giving prestige to the US Marines. The large-scale "Search and Destroy" operation of the US expeditionary force was defeated.

From October 19 to November 16, 1965:Our troops attacked the Plei Me stronghold, forcing the enemy to come to the rescue. We attacked the enemy reinforcements in the Ia-D-Rang valley, forcing the US troops to come to the rescue. Our troops launched a surprise attack and annihilated the US troops. The US 1st Air Cavalry Division, which was deployed by helicopter for the first time in the South, was defeated.

January 30 and 31, 1968:The army and people of the South launched a general offensive and uprising simultaneously in 64 cities and towns, attacking the enemy's headquarters, attacking a series of military bases, airports, ports, warehouses and their transportation systems. In Saigon - Gia Dinh, we attacked many important targets: the US embassy, ​​the Puppet Presidential Palace, the Puppet General Staff, the General Police Department, the Radio Station...

November 1965:The victory of Bau Bang - Dau Tieng strengthened the belief in defeating the US, opening the movement "Find the US and destroy it, hold the US's belt and fight" in the armed forces to liberate the South.

Vietnamese and Laotian troops pursue the enemy on Route 9.

From January 30 - March 23, 1971:Route 9 Southern Laos Campaign. It was expected that in 1971, the US and puppet forces would launch three major operations called "Lam Son 719" to attack the Route 9 - Southern Laos area. From the beginning, the enemy was blocked and attacked by us, everywhere they went. Our local forces closely coordinated with the Pathet Lao forces to continuously attack the enemy.

After more than 1 month of fighting, including many fierce battles between our main force and the puppet mobile main force in North Road 9. In early March 1971, our troops switched to attacking on the entire front, encircling and pursuing the enemy army group in Ban Dong, destroying many enemy troops.

March 30, 1972:Our troops began to launch strategic attacks on the Tri Thien battlefield, the Southeast, the Central Highlands, the Delta of Zone 5 and the South. As a result, we liberated the entire Quang Tri province, most of Kon Tum province, northern Binh Dinh, a large area of ​​Tay Ninh, Binh Long, Phuoc Long provinces, some areas in the Mekong Delta and Zone 5, liberating and gaining control over more than 1 million people.

April 6, 1972:The US imperialists mobilized a large air force and navy to launch a war of destruction against the North on a larger scale and more fiercely than before. On May 9, they blockaded the ports and seas of the North, attacking our economic and defense facilities.

Night of December 18, 1972:The US imperialists recklessly launched the largest-scale strategic air raid, called "Operation Leine Beckley" in the North. They concentrated a large number of aircraft, mainly B52s, to attack Hanoi, Hai Phong and several other areas in the North.

Great victory in spring 1975

Attack enemy strongholds in the Central Highlands campaign.

March 4, 1975:Our army launched the Central Highlands campaign. After a number of battles, we created a situation and a diversionary campaign.

March 10 and 11, 1975:Our army attacked with combined arms strength, liberating Buon Ma Thuot town.

March 21, 1975:We launched the Hue-Da Nang attack campaign.

From March 21 to 26, 1975:We attacked and divided Hue-Da Nang. After 4 days of fighting, we liberated Thua Thien-Hue, then liberated Quang Ngai province (March 25).

From March 27 to 29, 1975:We developed the offensive to liberate Da Nang. In coordination with the Hue - Da Nang campaign, from the Central Highlands our troops advanced to support the armed forces and local people to liberate the provinces of Binh Dinh (April 1, 1975), Phu Yen (April 1, 1975) and Khanh Hoa (April 3, 1975).

April 4, 1975:The Politburo decided to launch the Ho Chi Minh campaign to completely liberate Saigon and South Vietnam.

April 26, 1975:Our army began to fire strongly and simultaneously at the targets, breaking the enemy's outer defense line.

At 11:30 a.m. on April 30, 1975, the national flag flew in front of the main building of the Independence Palace. The South was completely liberated.

The country had just quieted down after the war against the US, but the Khmer Rouge group in Cambodia did not want the Vietnamese people to have peace and stability. They sent troops to cause aggression and invade along the entire southwestern border.

The Vietnam-China border war broke out on February 17, 1979. During the war, our army and people won when China announced the completion of its withdrawal on March 16, 1979. To this day, documentary images of the war are not only historical evidence but also forever associated with the time of the Vietnamese people.

The Vietnam-China border war broke out on February 17, 1979.

73 years have passed and until now, many researchers around the world are still looking for answers to the miracles that the Vietnam People's Army has done throughout its history of building, fighting and growing.

Until today, many researchers around the world still do not understand why an army was born without equipment or weapons; even without shoes to use, but immediately after its founding, it won a great victory, starting the tradition of a hundred battles, a hundred victories of the Vietnam People's Army.

Peace

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