The Battle of Hue 1968
Fight for the Imperial City
$48.46
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
28 February 2022
Summary
In late January 1968, some 84,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops launched a country-wide general offensive in South Vietnam. The bitter fighting that raged in Hue for more than three weeks drew the attention of the world.
Hue was the ancient capital of Vietnam, and as such, had been previously avoided by both sides; it had not seen any serious fighting prior to 1968. All that changed on the night of January 31 that year when four North Vietnamese battalions and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472844712 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472844718 |
| Author: | James H. Willbanks, Ramiro Bujeiro |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Osprey Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 28 February 2022 |
| Weight: | 311g |
| Dimensions: | 246mm x 184mm x 6mm |
| Series: | Campaign |
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“a nicely balanced look at the battle” - Robin Buckland, Military Model Scene
a nicely balanced look at the battle – Robin Buckland * Military Model Scene *
About The Author
James H. Willbanks
Dr. James H. Willbanks is a decorated Vietnam veteran and Professor Emeritus of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Dr. Willbanks joined the CGSC faculty in 1992, when he retired from the Army as a lieutenant colonel with 23 years’ service as an Infantry officer in various assignments in the United States and overseas, to include a tour as an infantry advisor with a South Vietnamese regiment during the 1972 North Vietnamese Easter Offensive.
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