The Battle of Binh Ba (6–8 June 1969), also known as Operation Hammer, took place during the Vietnam War. The action occurred when Australian Army troops from the 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (5 RAR) fought a combined force of People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC), including a company from the PAVN 33rd Regiment and elements of the VC D440 Battalion, in the village of Bình Ba, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of Nui Dat in Phuoc Tuy Province. The battle was unusual in Australian combat experience in South Vietnam as it involved fierce close-quarter house-to-house fighting, although the majority of enemy killed was through heavy artillery and air-bombardment. In response to PAVN/VC attempts to capture Binh Ba the Australians assaulted the village with infantry, armour and helicopter gunships, routing the VC and largely destroying the village itself. Such battles were not the norm in Phuoc Tuy, however, and the heavy losses suffered by the PAVN/VC forced them to temporarily leave the province. Although the Australians did encounter PAVN/VC Main Force units in the years to come, the battle marked the end of such large-scale clashes, and ranks as one of the major Australian victories of the war.
The BattleofBinhBa (6–8 June 1969), also known as Operation Hammer, took place during the Vietnam War. The action occurred when Australian Army troops...
Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and VC guerrilla elements participated in the battleofBinhBa but were expelled by 1 ATF forces. The village ofBinhBa was completely...
fought one of the last large-scale actions of the Australian involvement in the war, during the BattleofBinhBa, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of Nui Dat...
shootdown of a U.S. reconnaissance plane.: 299 6-8 June The BattleofBinhBa, also known as Operation Hammer, was a hard-fought, but one-sided, battle. Troops...
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during the BattleofBinhBa. Following BinhBa, the remainder of the regiment's service would be characterised largely by the policies of "Pacification"...
Squadron was involved in a fierce action during the BattleofBinhBa, a village 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of Nui Dat. One Australian was killed and 10 wounded...
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