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'''National Highway 19''', in Central [[Vietnam]], connects the seaport of [[Qui Nhon]], via [[An Khe]] to [[Pleiku]]. Mang Yang Pass is the site where the French Groupe Mobile 100 (GM100) was ambushed and destroyed in 1954. | '''National Highway 19''', in Central [[Vietnam]], connects the seaport of [[Qui Nhon]], via [[An Khe]] to [[Pleiku]]. Mang Yang Pass is the site where the French [[Groupe Mobile 100]] (GM100) was ambushed and destroyed in 1954. | ||
It is a strategic road, with control of its junction with [[National Highway 14 (Vietnam)|National Highway 14]] cutting [[South Vietnam]] in half. This was attempted at the [[Battle of the Ia Drang]], and was successful in the 1975 [[Fall of South Vietnam]]. | It is a strategic road, with control of its junction with [[National Highway 14 (Vietnam)|National Highway 14]] cutting [[South Vietnam]] in half. This was attempted at the [[Battle of the Ia Drang]], and was successful in the 1975 [[Fall of South Vietnam]]. | ||
Revision as of 19:37, 6 July 2010
National Highway 19, in Central Vietnam, connects the seaport of Qui Nhon, via An Khe to Pleiku. Mang Yang Pass is the site where the French Groupe Mobile 100 (GM100) was ambushed and destroyed in 1954.
It is a strategic road, with control of its junction with National Highway 14 cutting South Vietnam in half. This was attempted at the Battle of the Ia Drang, and was successful in the 1975 Fall of South Vietnam.