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The Battle of Ap Bac started and ended on 2 January 1963. It was one of the many battles during the Vietnam War.

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The Battle of Ap Bac started and ended on 2 January 1963. It was one of the many battles during the Vietnam War.

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The Battle of Ap Bac occurred in Ap Bac, which is located in the Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam.

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The Battle of Ap Bac occurred in Ap Bac, which is located in the Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam.

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This battle was against the North and South Vietnam, in which they fought for their own beliefs and value.

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This battle was against the North and South Vietnam, in which they fought for their own beliefs and value.

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The battle was the first significant confrontation between ARVN (Army of the Republican of Vietnam) forces and the NLF (National Liberation Force or Viet Cong).

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The battle was the first significant confrontation between ARVN (Army of the Republican of Vietnam) forces and the NLF (National Liberation Force or Viet Cong).

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Eighty South Vietnamese troops were killed and over one hundred were wounded. Three American advisors were killed and eight were wounded. These casualties were tragic, as this battle could have been avoided if it was not against the Viet Cong.

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Eighty South Vietnamese troops were killed and over one hundred were wounded. Three American advisors were killed and eight were wounded. These casualties were tragic, as this battle could have been avoided if it was not against the Viet Cong.

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Map of the battle

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"Communist guerillas shot up a flee of United States helicopters carrying Vietnamese troops into the battle"

The viet congs managed to shoot American helicopters that were transporting soldiers into battle. This quote was published in The New York Times Jan 4, 1964

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Tank used during the Ap Bac battle which is on display in a museum at Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.

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Memorial of the Battle of Ap Bac, this memorial commemorates the victory of Ap Bac. The soldiers are Viet Congs shooting down planes.

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Los Angeles Times posts an article about the vicious VietCongs killing 134 man in the US unit.

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The plane is called the "Flying Bananas" due to it's shape. Eight of these aircraft flew over the Ap Bac rice fields carrying 100 men and four "tadpole gunships".

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The US reported the Battle of Ap Bac to be a "major defeat" by the The Washington Post January 3, 1963.

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"Signified the coming of the new revolution armed forces in the South"
The Lao Dong Party, ruler of the Vietnamese Workers' Party, called this event the "new revolution armed forces in the South" as it was symbolic. The South Vietnamese realized their poor fighting skills and lack of technology, which caused 80 casualties and 100 wounded.

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The battle of Ap Bac represented a significant milestone in the war.
The communist forces considered it to be their first big success, and they fully exploited their victory for propaganda purposes.

Following this battle, the Viet Cong had also successfully developed tactics to counter the technological advantage that the US provided the South Vietnamese with. This was done by being so close to the US and ARVN forces that they could not use air attacks without killing their own men.

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The Battle of Ap Bac was seen as symbolic of the poor fighting ability of the South Vietnamese army, revealing that government troops could neither cope with the strategy nor match the fighting spirit of the Viet Cong.

With the success of the battle of Ap Bac, the North immediately began planning for a full scale war in the South.

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the rice paddies of the Mekong Delta the battle was fought in