The Battle of Hue (South Vietnam) ends: After three weeks of fighting, General Le Trọng Tan, commanding the Second Corps of the communist People’s Army of (North) Vietnam, defeats I Corps of the kleptocratic Army of the Republic of (South) Vietnam, commanded by Lieutenant General Ngo Quang Trưong.

       [added 7/16/2025]

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References:

Stanley A. Karnow, Vietnam: A History, (1983; New York: Penguin, 1997), 680.

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