[VIETNAM WAR - VIET CONG VICTORIES].

战斗的越南 / 越南南方军民新春大捷, 袭击敌人机场示意图.
[Vietnam in Combat / Great Victories of The Army and People of Southern Vietnam in The New Spring, Map of Attacks on Enemy Airports].

北京.[Beijing]. 地图出版社.[Di tu chu ban she]. 1968. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Stock ID #217058

Two Chinese propaganda maps of the Vietnam War period, printed doubled sided on a single sheet. A quotation by Mao accompanied by his image upper section both sides. Some horizontal folds. One side with browned and some light spots on two panels, not affecting text or images. Text in simplified Chinese characters. 53.8 x 25.5cm.

Map 战斗的越南 "Vietnam in Combat", scale 1: 3,500,000. Legend shows railway lines, roads, and locations of the victories in Southern Vietnam during the Spring Offensive. Pictorial illustrations show South Vietnam Army and civilian victories over the past seven years; the number of enemy soldiers killed; army, air force and navy transportation vehicles destroyed, brought down or sunk; and infrastructure destroyed (including buildings, sentry posts and bridges). Also mentioned are the glorious results of the North Vietnam army and civilians who brought down or destroyed 2,747 enemy aircraft between 1964 and 1968.

Map 越南南方军民新春大捷, 袭击敌人机场示意 "Great Victories of The Army and People of Southern Vietnam in The New Spring, Map of Attacks on Enemy Airports", scale not given, illustrations in red showing the locations of the airports that were attacked. Illustrations in lower sections show the victories of the Army and People of Southern Vietnam between 29th January and 4th February 1968. In a six day period, 50,000 enemies (10,000 were American soldiers) were killed, 1,500 aeroplanes were shot down, 4,000 vehicles were destroyed, 200,000 collaborationist army soldiers were defeated, 50 ships were sunk.

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