Incident at Dat Chim Se

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Incident at Dat Chim Se
Part of Operation Minh Thanh of the Imperial Crisis
Date25 September 2017
Location
Dat Chim Se, An Hong Province, Quenmin
Result Allied Withdrawal from the Town and Surrounding Area; Primary Objective of Operation Minh Thanh Unfulfilled
Belligerents
NRPQ
Commanders and leaders
  • Phang Duy Ninh
  • Chiem Hoang
  • Don Dang Dung
  • Ta Man Giac
Casualties and losses
3,784 fatalities
5,381 incapacitated
3,008 fatalities
2,164 incapacitated

The Incident at Dat Chim Se was a friendly fire incident that occurred at the vicinity of Dat Chim Se during Operation Minh Thanh, in which bad oversight and miscommunication in the field resulted in the Allied army sustaining 2,384 dead and 4,142 being incapacitated, critically and not, from airstrikes and artillery strikes deploying white phosphorus and napalm, and regular explosive ordinance respectively.

Course of the Battle

Offensive at the Southern Trieuist-Occupied Village

Push into the Town

Advancement into the Northwestern Forest

Friendly Fire Incidents

Aftermath