Schlacht um Huế
!["Returning Fire: Marines A Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines [A/1/1] fire from a house window during a search and clear mission in the battle of Hue (official USMC photo by Sergeant Bruce A. Atwell)."
From the Jonathan Abel Collection (COLL/3611), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections.
OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Marines_Fire_From_a_House_Window%2C_February_1968_%2816242259837%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)
"Returning Fire: Marines A Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines [A/1/1] fire from a house window during a search and clear mission in the battle of Hue (official USMC photo by Sergeant Bruce A. Atwell)." From the Jonathan Abel Collection (COLL/3611), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections. OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH

1/5 Marine cleans his M-16 during the Battle of Hue

1/5 Marines advance with tank support in Hue Citadel

1/5 Marines enter Hue Citadel

The following information was provided by digitizing partner Fold3: Browse Subject: Combat - Operation Hue City Subject Description: Combat - Operation Hue City Category: Combat Place: Vietnam Date Month: February Date Day: 2 Date Year: 1968

The following information was provided by digitizing partner Fold3: Browse Subject: Combat - Operation Hue City Subject Description: Combat - Operation Hue City Category: Combat Place: Vietnam Date Month: February Date Day: 22 Date Year: 1968

The following information was provided by digitizing partner Fold3: Browse Subject: Combat - Operation Hue City Subject Description: Combat - Operation Hue City Category: Combat Place: Vietnam Date Month: February Date Day: 24 Date Year: 1968

The following information was provided by digitizing partner Fold3: Browse Subject: Combat - Operation Hue City Subject Description: Combat - Operation Hue City Category: Combat Place: Vietnam Date Month: February Date Day: 28 Date Year: 1968

The following information was provided by digitizing partner Fold3: Browse Subject: Combat - Operation Hue City Subject Description: Combat - Operation Hue City Category: Combat Place: Vietnam Date Month: February Date Day: 3 Date Year: 1968

The following information was provided by digitizing partner Fold3: Browse Subject: Combat - Operation Hue City Subject Description: Combat - Operation Hue City Category: Combat Place: Vietnam Date Month: February Date Day: 3 Date Year: 1968

The following information was provided by digitizing partner Fold3: Browse Subject: Combat - Operation Hue City Subject Description: Combat - Operation Hue City Category: Combat Place: Vietnam Date Month: March Date Day: 1 Date Year: 1968

Dead PAVN soldier in Hue

Dead PAVN soldier in Hue

Destroyed store in Hue

Damaged Government building in Hue

Damaged cyclo and ARVN M41 in Hue

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1st Cavalry Division helicopter resupply mission northwest of Hue

1st Force Reconnaissance Company diving team in Hue

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![The following information was provided by digitizing partner Fold3: Browse Subject: Vehicles-Landing Vehicles-LVTs / LVTP Subject Description: Vehicles-Landing Vehicles-LVTs / LVTP Category: Vehicles Place: Vietnam Date Month: [Blank] Date Day: [Blank] Date Year: 1968](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/342_-_Vehicles-Landing_Vehicles-LVTs_-_LVTP_-_1968_-_DPLA_-_4e57d140c194d59cd1dc6a992eb2f6a3.jpg)
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The following information was provided by digitizing partner Fold3: Browse Subject: Vietnamese Civilian Life - 1968 Subject Description: Vietnamese Civilian Life - 1968 Category: Vietnamese Civilian Life Place: Vietnam Date Month: February Date Day: 21 Date Year: 1968

5/7 Cavalry enter Hue

5/7 Cavalry in action at Thon La Chu

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Historische Übersicht
Brutalster Häuserkampf des Krieges in der alten Kaiserstadt.
Fakten auf einen Blick
USA & Südvietnam
- Befehlshaber: Ngô Quang Trưởng
- Truppenstärke: 15.000 Mann
- Verluste: 668
Nordvietnam (PAVN)
- Befehlshaber: unbekannt
- Truppenstärke: 12.000 Mann
- Verluste: 5000
Strategischer Kontext
Teil der Tet-Offensive; Kampf um die kulturelle Hauptstadt.
Weiterführende Literatur
Historische Orte
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