Second Battle of Quang Tri

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Date	June 28-September 16, 1972
Location	16°44′N 106°58′E / 16.733, 106.967 (Second Battle of Quang Tri)Coordinates: 16°44′N 106°58′E / 16.733, 106.967 (Second Battle of Quang Tri) Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam
Result	Decisive South Vietnamese Victory

Belligerents

North Vietnam

Viet Cong

South Vietnam

Strength

20,000

Casualties and losses

10.000+ KIA^[1],

3.658 KIA^[2]

v • d • e

Vietnam War

Ap Bac – Binh Gia – Pleiku – Song Be – Dong Xoai – Starlite – Gang Toi – Ia Drang – Hastings – Masher/White Wing – A Shau – Xa Cam My – Duc Co – Long Tan – Attleboro – Cedar Falls – Tra Binh Dong – Bribie – Junction City – Union – Hill 881 – Union II - Ong Thanh – Dak To – 1st Tet – Khe Sanh – 1st Saigon – Hue – Lang Vei – Lima Site 85 – Kham Duc – Speedy Express – Dewey Canyon – 2nd Tet – Hamburger Hill – Binh Ba – Cambodia – Snuol – FSB Ripcord – Tailwind – Chenla I – Son Tay Raid – Lam Son 719 – Chenla II – Ban Dong – FSB Mary Ann – Easter '72 – 1st Quang Tri – Loc Ninh – An Loc – Kontum – 2nd Quang Tri – Phuoc Long – Ho Chi Minh – Ban Me Thuot – Xuan Loc – Truong Sa – 2nd Saigon – SS Mayagüez
Air operations
Ranch Hand – Pierce Arrow – Barrel Roll – Pony Express – Flaming Dart – Rolling Thunder – Steel Tiger – Arc Light – Tiger Hound – Bolo – Igloo White – Commando Hunt – Menu – Freedom Deal – Linebacker I – Linebacker II – Shed Light

The Second Battle of Quang Tri (Vietnamese: Thành cổ Quảng Trị) began on June 28 and lasted 81 days until September 16, 1972, when the Army of the Republic of Vietnam defeated the North Vietnamese at the ancient citadel of Quang Tri and recaptured most of the province.

To achieve victory, the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, backed by the US Army, shelled more than 80,000 tons of ordnance, the destructive capacity equivalent to almost six Hiroshima-size atomic bombs.