Nguyễn Hữu An: Difference between revisions
| birth_place = Trường Yên Commune, [[Gia Viễn]] District ([[Hoa Lư]]), [[Ninh Bình Province]], [[French Indochina]]
| birth_place = Trường Yên Commune, [[Gia Viễn]] District ([[Hoa Lư]]), [[Ninh Bình Province]], [[French Indochina]]
| death_place = [[Hanoi]], [[Vietnam]]
| death_place = [[Hanoi]], [[Vietnam]]
| allegiance = {{Flagu|North Vietnam|1945|size=23px}}
{{Flagu|Vietnam|size=23px}}
| allegiance = Vietnam
| branch = {{Army|Vietnam|size=23px}}
| branch = ArmyVietnam
| image = Nguyen Huu An and Wife.jpg
| image = Nguyen Huu An and Wife.jpg
| caption = Nguyễn Hữu An and wife
| caption = Nguyễn Hữu An and wife
| nickname =
| nickname =
| serviceyears = 1945–1995
| serviceyears = 1945–1995
| rank = [[Colonel General]]
| rank = [[Colonel ]]
| commands = [[Nguyễn Hữu Linh]]
| commands = [[Nguyễn Hữu Linh]]
| unit = Battalion 251
[[174th Infantry Regiment (Vietnam)|Regiment 174]]
Division 1
[[308th Division (Vietnam)|308th Division]]
[[2nd Corps (Vietnam People’s Army)|2nd Corps]]
| unit = Battalion 251
[[174th Infantry Regiment (Vietnam)|Regiment 174]]
Division 1
[[308th Division (Vietnam)|308th Division]]
[[2nd Corps (Vietnam People’s Army)|2nd Corps]]
| battles = [[First Indochina War]]
[[Vietnam War]]
| battles = [[First Indochina War]]
[[Vietnam War]]
| awards = Independence Order
Military Exploits Orders
Liberation Military Exploits Order
Victory Order
| awards = Independence Order
Military Exploits Orders
Liberation Military Exploits Order
Victory Order
}}
}}
”’Nguyễn Hữu An”’ (October 1, 1926 – April 9, 1995) was a general in the [[People’s Army of Vietnam]].
”’Nguyễn Hữu An”’ (October 1, 1926 – April 9, 1995) was a general in the [[People’s Army of Vietnam]].
==Overview==
==Overview==
Nguyễn Hữu An (October 1, 1926 – April 9, 1995) was a general in the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN).
Overview
Nguyễn Hữu An was born in the Truong Yen Commune of the Hoa Lư District, Ninh Bình, Vietnam. He joined the People’s Army of Vietnam in September 1945.
First Indochina War
In the First Indochina War, An took part in several decisive battles. He participated in the battles of Bong Lau Pass and Lung Phay in 1949. The following year he took part in the Border Campaign, he was commander of 251st Battalion, a battalion of 174th Regiment (CAA Bac Lang) at the Battle of Đông Khê. He successively held titles of battalion commander, regiment deputy commander participating in actions at Bình Liêu, Vĩnh Phúc, and Mộc Châu. In the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, he commanded 174th Regiment of the 316th Division,[1]: 270 and three times attacked Hill A1 (Éliane 2). On 7 May 1954 his regiment finally overcame French defences on A1 and this marked one of the final actions in the battle.
Vietnam War
In late 1964 he commanded the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 325th Division as it infiltrated into South Vietnam.[1]: 270–1
In November 1965 he commanded North Vietnamese forces in the Battle of Ia Drang.[1]: 46 He subsequently commanded the 1st Division. In 1968 he took command of the 308th Division in Laos.[1]: 271
In mid-1973 he travelled to the Soviet Union to attend a course on combined-arms warfare.[1]: 46
In 1974 he was promoted to major general.
For the 1975 Spring Offensive, he was commander of 2nd Corps (Hương Giang).[1]: 271 2nd Corps, under his command, successively captured Quảng Trị and Huế; and in combination with armed forces of Military Region No.5 defeated nearly 100,000 regular troops of the ARVN within just 3 days at Da Nang. He then commanded the entire corps to march along nearly 1000 km to engage in the Ho Chi Minh Campaign after having destroyed the ARVN defensive line in Phan Rang.
In the last decisive fight to capture Saigon, 2nd Corps was one of five wings to surround Saigon, and planted the National Liberation Front‘s flag onto top of the Independence Palace at 11:30 on 30 April 1975.
Postwar career
After the end of the Vietnam War, An continued serving in the Vietnamese military. He achieved the rank of Lieutenant general in 1980. Six years later, he was promoted to Senior Lieutenant general (Colonel general). He held key posts in military such as Assistant Inspector General of the Vietnam People’s Army, Deputy Chief concurrently Chief of Staff and Acting Commander of Military Region No.2…
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