Boi Loi Woods are located 25km northwest of
Củ Chi District and 22km west of
Bến Cát District in
Hậu Nghĩa Province.
The woods were an important base and staging area for the
Viet Cong
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, war = the Vietnam War
, image = FNL Flag.svg
, caption = The flag of the Viet Cong, adopted in 1960, is a variation on the flag of North Vietnam. Sometimes the lower stripe was green.
, active ...
(VC) and later the
PAVN
The People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN; vi, Quân đội nhân dân Việt Nam, QĐNDVN), also recognized as the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) or the Vietnamese Army (), is the military force of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the armed win ...
.
US and
Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) forces conducted frequent operations against PAVN and VC forces in the woods including
Operation Mastiff
Operation Mastiff was an operation conducted by the U.S. 1st Infantry Division in the Dầu Tiếng District, lasting from 21 to 25 February 1966.
Prelude
U.S. intelligence reports indicated that the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 9th Divis ...
(21-25 February 1966),
Operation Wahiawa (16-30 May 1966),
Operation Sunset Beach (2 September-11 October 1966),
Operation Manhattan (23 April-7 June 1967), however none of these operations permanently cleared the PAVN/VC and the last attempt by the ARVN to penetrate the area occurred during the
War of the flags
The War of the flags (also known as Landgrab '73) was a phase of fighting throughout South Vietnam lasting from 23 January to 3 February 1973 as the forces of North and South Vietnam each sought to maximize the territory under their control before ...
(25 January-3 February 1973).
References
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Base areas of the Viet Cong
Battlefields in Vietnam