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|combatant2= |commander1=Trần Văn Trà |commander2=Lê Văn Hưng Lê Nguyên Vỹ |strength1= ;Overall ~ 35,470+ 5th NLF Division ~ 9,230 7th NVA Division ~ 8,600 9th NLF Division ~ 10,680 69th Art'y Command ~ 3,830 205th NVA Regt ~ 1,250, 203d Tank Regt ~ 3,130 429 Sapper Group ~ 320 48 tanks (in 2 battalion, included 17 M41 tanks captured from ARVN ) |strength2= ; At An Loc: 7,500 ;5th ARVN Division: *7th Regiment, 850 *8th Regiment, 2,100 *9th Regiment, 200 3rd Ranger Group, 1,300 Task Force 52, 500 Binh Long Provincial Forces, 2,000 Miscellaneous units, 300 ;Reinforcements: 1st Airborne Brigade 81st Ranger Group Rescue forces: 20,000+ : United States Air Force and United States Navy firepower support |casualties1=Vietnam Figures: ~2,000 killed and 5,000 wounded〔Hồ sơ cục Quân y: Chiến dịch Nguyễn Huệ 4/1972 - 1/1973〕 US Est: 10,000 killed 15,000 wounded 27 tanks destroyed (in An Loc). |casualties2=8,000 killed or missing, included 2,300 in An Lộc. 30 tanks and 50 APCs destroyed }} The Battle of An Lộc was a major battle of the Vietnam War that lasted for 66 days and culminated in a decisive victory for South Vietnam. In many ways, the struggle for An Lộc in 1972 was an important battle of the war, as South Vietnamese forces halted the North Vietnamese advance towards Saigon. ==Prelude== An Lộc is the capital of Bình Phước Province located northwest of Military Region III. During North Vietnam's "Easter Offensive", officially known as the Nguyen Hue Offensive of 1972, An Lộc was at the centre of People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) strategy due to its location on QL-13 between Base Area 708 in order to safeguard supplies they based out of a "neutral" location in order to reduce exposure to American bombing in Cambodia, and Saigon. To protect this important area the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) had essentially one single division in Bình Phước Province, the 5th Division. During the battle the 5th Division was outnumbered by a combined force of three North Vietnamese and Viet Cong divisions resulting in the most protracted conflict of the whole 1972 Easter Offensive. On the same day that Loc Ninh—a small town north of An Loc on the border with Cambodia was assaulted the PAVN 7th Division launched an attack on Route 13 in an attempt to cut off An Loc from Saigon. To control route QL-13 was to control the road to Saigon, some to the south. This prevented resupply of ARVN forces in An Loc. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle of An Lộc」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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