Pleime victory site

Pleime victory site

The Plei Me victory was the first campaign against the Americans by our army and people on the southern battlefield. The victory of Plei Me strengthened the belief in the ability to defeat the Americans and the determination to defeat the Americans of the Southern people. The Plei Me victory historical relic stele is located in Ia Ga commune (Chu Prong district, Gia Lai province). On July 20, 1965, when American troops massively landed in the South to implement the "Local War" strategy, President Ho Chi Minh called on the people to fight against America and save the country: "Unite and persevere." determined to fight; Even if we have to fight for 5 years, 10 years, 20 years or longer, we will resolutely fight until complete victory. At the end of July 1965, the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission appointed Major General Chu Huy Man - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Region V, Political Commissar of Military Region 5 as Commander and Political Commissar of the Central Highlands Front. In early October 1965, the Central Military Commission approved the determination and plan of Plei Me Campaign. In mid-October 1965, the Central Highlands Front Command gathered forces to launch the Plei Me Campaign. The intention of our campaign is: “Besiege the point to attack the reinforcements. First destroy the puppet, then destroy the Americans. Pull American troops away from the base, send them into the mountains and forests to destroy them." Plei Me is a commando training center located in Zone 5 (Chu Prong district today), about 30 km southwest of Pleiku. This is an important link in the western defense strip, southwest of Pleiku town and southwest of the enemy's 2nd Corps base. According to our plan, the scope of the campaign is not only the Plei Me commando training center but takes place in a large area in the quadrilateral: Plei Me - Bau Can - Duc Co - I a Do Den Trong The space is about 1,200 square kilometers. The decisive battle area with American troops was identified by the Central Highlands Front Command as the I a Do Den valley at the foot of Chu Prong peak. On the night of October 19, 1965, Operation Plei Me opened. Local army units coordinated with the main force to perform a diversionary mission to trick the enemy into opening fire to threaten Duc Co base and attack Tan Lac post. During more than 1 month of fighting, proactively and continuously attacking with the tactic of "surrounding the posts to attack reinforcements", our main force with the support of local forces and militia and guerrillas destroyed almost all of them and defeated them. Severely damaged 2 US airborne cavalry battalions, destroyed a mixed mechanized infantry task force of the Saigon army, shot down and damaged 59 helicopters, destroyed 89 military vehicles... The US side admitted that in the I a Do Den valley, 824 American air cavalry soldiers died and were wounded, including more than 300 soldiers who died in battle. The Plei Me victory proved that our troops could destroy a battalion of American soldiers; destroy mobile tactics with helicopters, defeating America's elite units with the most modern equipment in the "Local War" in the South. The Plei Me victory further strengthened the belief in the ability of the Southern compatriots to defeat the Americans and their determination to defeat the Americans. The Plei Me victory shocked America and the world. The Plei Me victory was not only meaningful to the Central Highlands battlefield but also opened the phase of preemptive destruction in the US's "Local War" strategic plan. Source: Gia Lai Electronic Newspaper

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