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June NAM – Operation Thunder

The Easter offensive 1972…

Foreign involvement is in decline, three allies, Australia, Thailand and New Zealand who have contributed military contingents, has left South Vietnam.  The USA continues to participate in combat operations, primarily with air power to assist the South Vietnamese Army, while negotiators in Paris tried to hammer out a peace agreement and withdrawal strategy for the United States.

On the 30^th march a massive conventional push through the DMZ by the NVA forces is unleashed and begins to retake all the ground its lost.  The DMZ has a spattering of US troops and a large contingent of SVA swept under the advance.

13^th April The battle for ‘An Loc’

The PAVN 9^th Division, made up of many scrambles mixed units including a large contingent of VC have made their push on ‘An Loc’.  US advisors and command staff have suddenly found themselves unable to retreat and will have to dig in with the ARVN.  Our story follows the battles in ‘Death Valley’ East of ‘Na Loc’ and the slow end to the Vietnam war.

Sides:

ARVN (Tigerstripes)
US Troops (Greens)

PAVN (Pith Helmets so the Aussies can join in)
VC (Coolie hats/PJs)