Operation Bribie ( 17–18 February 1967 ) , also known as the Battle of Ap My An , was fought Hostile_encounter during the Vietnam War in Phuoc Tuy province between Australian forces from the 6th Battalion , Royal Australian Regiment ( 6 RAR ) and two companies of Viet Cong from D445 Battalion , likely reinforced by North Vietnamese regulars .

During the night of 16 February the Viet Cong attacked Attack a South Vietnamese Regional Force compound at Lang Phuoc Hai , before withdrawing the following morning after heavy fighting with South Vietnamese forces .

Two hours later , a Viet Cong company was reported Reporting to have formed Creating a tight perimeter in the rainforest north of Lang Phuoc Hai , near the abandoned hamlet of Ap My An .

Following an airmobile assault into an unsecured landing zone at 13:45 , A Company 6 RAR was surprised by a strong , well-sited and dug-in Viet Cong force — which , rather than withdrawing Escaping , had likely remained Presence in location in an attempt to ambush Attack any reaction force sent to the area .

A Company subsequently broke Destroying contact and withdrew Escaping under heavy fire from what appeared to be a Viet Cong base area .

However , unknown to the Australians , the Viet Cong had been reinforced Cause_change_of_strength and they now faced Confronting_problem a battalion-sized force in well prepared positions .

From the outset , lead elements came Motion under constant Viet Cong sniper fire from the trees , and from previously undetected machine-guns .

The assault soon faltered , with steadily increasing casualties as the Viet Cong withstood multiple frontal assaults , including bayonet charges by two separate platoons .

The Viet Cong subsequently launched two successive counter-attacks Attack , both repulsed Defending by the Australians .

After a tense night , the Australians returned Self_motion in the morning to find Know the Viet Cong had left Departing the area , dragging Motion most of their dead Death and wounded Bodily_harm with them while avoiding Preventing_or_letting a large blocking force .

A hard-fought affair at close range , the disciplined Viet Cong force matched Connect the Australians as both sides stood their ground , inflicting Causation heavy casualties on each other , before each fell back .

However , the Viet Cong forces Causation in South Vietnam were not deterred by the threat of U.S. retaliation Revenge .

Throughout 1964 , the Viet Cong launched Process_start several attacks Attack on U.S. military facilities in South Vietnam but Johnson did not start Process_start further retaliations Revenge against North Vietnam , as he tried to avoid Preventing_or_letting upsetting Change_sentiment U.S. public opinion during the 1964 United States Presidential Election Change_of_leadership .

In the shadow of those events , the Viet Cong 409th Battalion staged Hold an attack Attack on Camp Holloway on 7 February 1965 .

Lon Nol was seriously concerned about the sale of large proportions of the rice crop to the National Liberation Front ( N.L.F ) for Southern Vietnam or on the Saigon black market where clandestine sales were apparently handled Hold by local Chinese middlemen who had found friends and worked in conjunction with cells of former Viet Minh sympathizers acting on behalf of the N.L.F .

Operation Steel Tiger , Operation Tiger Hound , and Operation Commando Hunt inevitably slowed Change_event_time the flow Motion of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong men and supplies Supply into South Vietnam and required Imposing_obligation them to divert a multitude of assets to keep the Ho Chi Minh Trail in serviceable condition , however airpower was never able to completely close Self_motion the trail during the war Hostile_encounter .

French armored Bearing_arms platoons , airborne units and troops delivered Military_operation by landing craft to the coast of central Annam , modern-day Vietnam , attempted to sweep Removing forces of the communist Viet Minh from the critical Route One .

Reinforced Cause_change_of_strength by paratroopers , the French and their Vietnamese allies tightened Cause_change_of_strength a net around the defending Viet Minh , but delays Change_event_time in the movement of French forces left gaps through which most of the Viet Minh guerillas , and many of the arms caches the operation was expected to seize , escaped .

Reinforced Cause_change_of_strength by paratroopers , the French and their Vietnamese allies tightened Cause_change_of_strength a net around the defending Viet Minh , but delays Change_event_time in the movement of French forces left gaps through which most of the Viet Minh guerillas , and many of the arms caches the operation was expected to seize , escaped .

From then on , the French focused Aiming on creating Creating strong fortified positions , against which Viet Minh General Giáp could pit his forces , culminating in Operation Castor and the Battle of Dien Bien Phu .

With the French forces withdrawn Escaping from the operation by the late summer of 1953 , Viet Minh Regiment 95 re-infiltrated Route One and resumed Process_start ambushes Attack of French convoys , retrieving weapons caches missed by the French forces .

A number of the survivors of the massacre Killing joined Becoming_a_member the Viet Cong and fought Hostile_encounter against the United States and its Allies , one of which was South Korea .

The operation Military_operation targeted Aiming a key Viet Cong headquarters that was believed Statement to be concealed Hiding_objects underground , and involved two brigades under the command Control of the US 1st Infantry Division , including the 1st Battalion , Royal Australian Regiment ( 1 RAR ) which was attached Connect to the US 173rd Airborne Brigade .

The targets Aiming of these attacks Attack were sanctuaries and Base Areas of the People 's Army of Vietnam ( PAVN — commonly referred to during the Vietnam War Hostile_encounter as the North Vietnamese Army [ NVA ] ) and forces of the Viet Cong ( NLF ) , which utilized Using them for resupply Supply , training Education_teaching , and resting between campaigns Military_operation across the border in the Republic of Vietnam ( South Vietnam ) .

Launched Using by Richard Nixon as a follow-up to the earlier ground invasion during the Cambodian Campaign , the initial targets of the operation were the base areas and border sanctuaries of the People 's Army of Vietnam ( PAVN ) and the Viet Cong ( VC ) .

Operation Sunrise was the first phase of a long range South Vietnamese counter-offensive against the Viet Cong ( VC ) during the Vietnam War .

The US-Australian objective was to drive Motion out Viet Cong ( VC ) fighters who had taken up Temporary_stay positions on several key hills .

The Fall Conquering of Saigon , also known as the Liberation Change_of_leadership of Saigon , was the capture Conquering of Saigon , the capital of South Vietnam , by the People 's Army of Vietnam ( PAVN ) and the Viet Cong on 30 April 1975 .

During the three months of his rule , Minh , his civilian Prime Minister Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ , and his leading military colleagues , Generals Trần Văn Đôn and Lê Văn Kim , attempted Hold to defeat Conquering the National Liberation Front ( Viet Cong ) non-militarily .

The Australians subsequently clashed Hostile_encounter with the Viet Cong during early patrols Patrolling in Area of Operations ( AO ) Columbus , while later Fire Support Base ( FSB ) Andersen was repeatedly subjected to major ground assaults .

Meanwhile , the remaining Australian forces in Phuoc Tuy Province also successfully repelled Defending repeated Viet Cong attacks Attack against Ba Ria and Long Dien , as part of the Tet Offensive that had engulfed population centres across South Vietnam .

The Brinks Hotel in Saigon , also known as the Brink Bachelor Officers Quarters ( BOQ ) , was bombed Attack by the Viet Cong on the evening of December 24 , 1964 , during the Vietnam War .

Two Viet Cong operatives detonated Attack a car bomb underneath the hotel , which housed Placing United States Army officers .

The Viet Cong commanders had planned Arranging the venture with two objectives Aiming in mind .

First , by attacking Attack an American installation in the center of the heavily guarded capital , the Viet Cong intended to demonstrate Protest their ability to strike in South Vietnam should the United States decide Deciding to launch air raids against North Vietnam .

The conflict emerged Coming_to_be from the First Indochina War against the communist-led Viet Minh .