Iron Triangle Tunnel historical site

Iron Triangle Tunnel historical site

Southwest Ben Cat Tunnels (Iron Triangle) is located on the land of 3 communes: An Dien, An Tay, Phu An in the southwest area of ​​Ben Cat town, Binh Duong province. With its position and stature in the two resistance wars against invaders, the Southwest Ben Cat Tunnels were ranked by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as a National Historical-Cultural Monument on March 18. /1996, with a total area of ​​230,000 square meters. During the previous resistance war against the French colonialists, the land of 3 southwest communes of Ben Cat was soon famous for the An Thanh War Zone. At that time, An Thanh was once a stopping place for the resistance headquarters of the Eastern Region, the Southern Party Committee, the Saigon - Gia Dinh Special Region Committee,... thanks to which the local people were soon enlightened. revolution and faced many of the fiercest challenges during the resistance war against the US to save the country full of hardships and sacrifices of our people. In 1948, the first tunnel system appeared from this land. Then in 1960, Cu Chi guerrillas came to learn from experience and build a tunnel system in their locality. During the resistance war against America, the enemy attacked again and again, but they could not conquer the hearts of the people here. When the American imperialists massively sent expeditionary troops to directly fight in the South, in 1967, using all kinds of powerful soldiers and the most modern means of killing, they launched a raid on Ce - da - phon (2 -January 21, 1967) with a large scale of 30,000 troops, 400 tanks, 80 warships, 100 cannons and many types of bombers, including B.52 aircraft to destroy this important target. But thanks to the winding and interlaced tunnel system, our army and people sometimes hide and sometimes appear secretly, suddenly launching a fierce counter-attack. In the end, the American enemy had to retreat. With the disastrous defeat, 3,200 American puppets were killed, 149 tanks and armored vehicles were destroyed, 28 planes were shot down, 2 warships were sunk and burned... In this battle, a hero emerged. sniper - Nguyen Van Duc, only 10 bullets killed 9 invaders or Vo Thi Huynh - hero of the armed forces who rolled under bombs and bullets to care for and protect wounded soldiers. After consecutive failures, the enemy was helpless, they had to call this area the "Iron Triangle" area. The Southwest Ben Cat Tunnels do not simply have a geographical meaning but are a symbol of revolution and resistance. With the rudimentary means of a hoe blade and a bamboo shovel, the soldiers and people of the three communes created a massive project with hundreds of horizontal and vertical tunnels underground, connecting the communes together like a "Village". implicit". Every family in the belt area dug tunnels and trenches connected to the tunnels, creating a continuous position to both maintain production and fight the enemy to protect the village. Connected to the tunnels, there are large tunnels for resting after battle, places to store weapons, food, drinking water, wells, cooking tunnels, working tunnels, command tunnels, and wounded nursing tunnels. soldiers, etc. The Southwest Ben Cat Tunnels with their activities played a particularly important role in the two resistance wars, especially during the period of resistance against the Americans to save the country. During the 20-year war against the American imperialist invasion, the Southwest Ben Cat Tunnels promoted the effect of a war tunnel. Relying on the tunnel system, the soldiers and civilians of the three Southwest communes fought to bury thousands of enemies, fire and destroy hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles... Especially during the 1968 Mau Than campaign and the spring of 1975. , Southwest Tunnels is where many large armies gathered from here to attack Saigon, contributing to the victorious resistance cause of the country's army and people in 1975. Source: Binh Duong Province Electronic Information Portal

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