• The Battle of Binh Ba (6–8 June 1969), also known as Operation Hammer, took place during the Vietnam War. The action occurred when Australian Army troops from the 5th...
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  • Tidy and rectangular in shape, and mainly constructed of solid brick and tile, Binh Ba was well known to the Australians.
  • While these final sweeps were being conducted in Binh Ba, a further battle broke out on 7 June in Hoa Long to the south of the Nui Dat base.
  • Alay ve VC'nin unsurları D440 Taburu köyünde Bình Ba, 5 kilometre (3,1 mil) kuzeyinde Nui Dat içinde Phuoc Tuy Bölgesi.
  • The Battle of Binh Ba is well credited in the 5 RAR book, The Year of the Tigers as ‘one of the major military victories of the Australian Force in Vietnam’.
  • In an hour of fighting, three tanks were disabled from battle damage and crew casualties, and Binh Ba had not yet been taken.
  • This provocative shot heralded a battle that raged for two days, left much of Binh Ba in ruins and resulted in the Australian Task Force winning one of its most...
  • Here are a couple of images from the day-long 50th anniversary commemorations for the Battle of Binh Ba in Canberra on Thursday.
  • At 7.20 am a Centurion tank and its accompanying armoured recovery vehicle were passing through the village of Binh Ba, several kilometres north of the 1st...
  • The battle for Binh Ba ranks as one of the major military victories by the Australian Task Force.
  • In June of 1969, troops of the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong occupied the village of Binh Ba to the north of the 1st Australian Task Force Base at Nui Dat.
  • 5RAR soldiers inspect weapons captured in the Battle of Binh Ba.jpg 640 × 443; 236 KB.