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Robert Hall wrote a new post, The ARVN: Was their performance misunderstood? 3 months ago
By Bob Hall
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), especially their Regional Force and Popular Force (RF/PF) components, had a reputation for poor combat performance. Brigadier S.P. Weir, Commander 1ATF […]
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Robert Hall wrote a new post, Comparison: Force strengths and casualties 3 months ago
By Bob Hall
The contribution of Australia and New Zealand to the Vietnam War is significant to Australians and New Zealanders, but in the wider context of the war it was minor. The Republic of Vietnam Armed […]
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Robert Hall commented on the post, 33 PAVN Regiment morale and the ‘red rats of Phuoc Tuy’ 3 months, 1 week ago
This is an interesting glimpse into the approach to the management of morale in PAVN/VC units and formations. An issue that has long interested me is the often hyperbolic accounts of the damage inflicted on 1ATF units (and presumably other allied units) contained in documents produced by the PAVN/VC. Sometimes these exaggerated accounts are included in documents that are for serious…Read More
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Robert Hall wrote a new post, New article on 1ATF combat efficiency 5 months, 3 weeks ago
An article titled ‘Shots per casualty: an indicator of combat efficiency for the first Australian task force in South Vietnam’ has recently been published by Andrew Ross and Bob Hall in Defense & Security Ana […]
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By Ernie Chamberlain
(This article was first published as Ernie Chamberlain Research Note 25/2018)
On 10 September 1969, the 199th US Light Infantry Brigade killed a number of VC in an engagement at YT557333 […]
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Robert Hall wrote a new post, New Air Sorties and Naval Gunfire Support data 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Air Sorties:
The website now has over 2,249,000 air sorties plotted on the battle map. To see the air sorties, select ‘Battle Map’, then go to the ‘stacked map’ symbol in the top right of the screen and click t […]
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By Ernie Chamberlain
The 141st North Vietnamese Regiment History (1997) [1] relates that:
On 12 May, we discovered a battalion of Royal Australian troops had deployed to South Sở Hội (six kilometres north of […]
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By Ernie Chamberlain
The 50th anniversary of the 1966 Battle of Long Tân is now past. However, with the the Red Dune movie “Danger Close” – “based on” the Battle, to begin filming in southern Queensland […]
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Robert Hall wrote a new post, Tet ’68 in Phuoc Tuy: Impact on communities 1 year, 2 months ago
By Bob Hall and Andrew Ross
Phuoc Le village, better known as Baria, was the Phuoc Tuy Province capital. It and the neighbouring village of Long Dien, bore the brunt of the Tet Offensive attacks in Phuoc Tuy […]
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By Bob Hall
Each month the Province Senior Advisor (PSA) in each of the Republic of Vietnam’s 44 provinces submitted a detailed report up the chain of command. These reports assessed the political and p […]
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Robert Hall wrote a new post, Clearance Diving Team 3 – 8th Contingent 1 year, 5 months ago
Data extracted from John Perryman & Brett Mitchell, Australian Navy in Vietnam: Royal Australian Navy Operations 1965 – 1972, p.80-83. Reprinted with the kind permission of the Authors.
Photographs from the Au […]
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Robert Hall wrote a new post, Clearance Diving Team 3 – 7th Contingent 1 year, 5 months ago
Data extracted from John Perryman & Brett Mitchell, Australian Navy in Vietnam: Royal Australian Navy Operations 1965 – 1972, p.76-80. Reprinted with the kind permission of the Authors.
Photographs from the Au […]
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Robert Hall wrote a new post, Clearance Diving Team 3 – 6th Contingent 1 year, 5 months ago
Data extracted from John Perryman & Brett Mitchell, Australian Navy in Vietnam: Royal Australian Navy Operations 1965 – 1972, p.73-76. Reprinted with the kind permission of the Authors.
Photographs from the Au […]
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Robert Hall wrote a new post, Clearance Diving Team 3 – 5th Contingent 1 year, 5 months ago
Data extracted from John Perryman & Brett Mitchell, Australian Navy in Vietnam: Royal Australian Navy Operations 1965 – 1972, p.70-73. Reprinted with the kind permission of the Authors.
Photographs from the Au […]
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Robert Hall wrote a new post, Clearance Diving Team 3 – 4th Contingent 1 year, 6 months ago
Data extracted from John Perryman & Brett Mitchell, Australian Navy in Vietnam: Royal Australian Navy Operations 1965 – 1972, p.68-70. Reprinted with the kind permission of the Authors.
Photographs from the Au […]
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Robert Hall wrote a new post, Clearance Diving Team 3 – 3rd Contingent 1 year, 6 months ago
Data extracted from John Perryman & Brett Mitchell, Australian Navy in Vietnam: Royal Australian Navy Operations 1965 – 1972, p.65-68. Reprinted with the kind permission of the Authors.
Photographs from the A […]
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Robert Hall wrote a new post, Clearance Diving Team 3 – 2nd Contingent 1 year, 6 months ago
Data extracted from John Perryman & Brett Mitchell, Australian Navy in Vietnam: Royal Australian Navy Operations 1965 – 1972, p.63-65. Reprinted by kind permission of the Authors.
Unit: Clearance Diving Team […]
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Robert Hall wrote a new post, Clearance Diving Team 3 – 1st Contingent 1 year, 6 months ago
Data extracted from John Perryman & Brett Mitchell, Australian Navy in Vietnam: Royal Australian Navy Operations 1965 – 1972. p. 60-63. Reprinted with the kind permission of the Authors.
Photographs from the […]
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By Bob Hall and Amy Griffin
Counterinsurgency campaigns are essentially politics with guns. Unlike conventional war, victory in counterinsurgency campaigns rarely comes through military action. Instead, […]
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Robert Hall wrote a new post, Upcoming site features 1 year, 7 months ago
Progress Update – 16 August 2017
Updates coming soon
We’ll soon be updating the website with the addition of data about 2 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Canberra bomber (B-57) strikes.During the war […]
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