Battle of Suoi Chau Pha
The Battle of Suoi Chau Pha (6 August 1967) was fought during the Vietnam War between Australian troops and the Viet Cong. The battle took place during Operation Ballarat, an Australian search and destroy operation in the eastern Hat Dich area, north-west of Nui Dat in Phuoc Tuy province. Following a covert insertion the day before which had caught a number of Viet Cong sentries by surprise, A Company, 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (7 RAR) had patrolled forward unaware of the presence of a large Viet Cong main force unit nearby. Clashing with a reinforced company from the Viet Cong 3rd Battalion, 274th Regiment, a classic encounter battle ensued between two forces of roughly equal size. Fought at close quarters in dense jungle amid a heavy monsoon rain, both sides suffered heavy casualties as neither was able to gain an advantage. Finally, after a battle lasting several hours, the Australian artillery proved decisive and the Viet Cong were forced to withdraw, dragging many of their dead from the battlefield after having suffered crippling losses.
Battle of Dien Bien Phu on Sea
Battle of Dien Bien Phu on the Sea (Vietnamese language: Trận Điện Biên Phủ trên biển) is an informal term for a hypothetical battle that could have taken place between Vietnam and China in the South China Sea if the war between the two countries happened. This term came into being in the context of the escalating conflict over the South China Sea during the second decade of the 21st century, between Vietnam and China, on the one hand, and on issues of sovereignty over the South China Sea. In terms of its name, it provides a subjective view of Vietnam based on the name of a historic victory with the ironic implication that a strategic battle of naval, and Vietnamese navy will be defeated Chinese navy.Currently, a formal war between Vietnam and China has not yet taken place in the South China Sea, the battle can be considered a strategic decision so it has not happened yet. The historian Dương Trung Quốc first mentioned this in an interview with the media on 14 May 2014: