Battle of Nui Le

Battle of Núi Lé
Part of the Vietnam War
Date21 September 1971
Location
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam (now Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, Vietnam)
Result Australian and North Vietnamese tactical withdrawal
Belligerents
 Australia
 New Zealand
 United States		 North Vietnam
Units involved
4 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) 33rd Regiment
Strength
2 infantry companies
Artillery
U.S. air support		 ANZAC Claim: 600+ infantry
Casualties and losses
5 killed
30 wounded		 ANZAC Claim: 14 bodies recovered

The Battle of Nui Le was the last major engagement fought by Australian Defense Forces during the Vietnam War. It took place on 21 September 1971, as part of Operation Ivanhoe, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. The battle involved elements of the 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, including the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment Vietnam deployments 1965–1972, in a confrontation with the 33rd Regiment (People's Army of Vietnam) near a rubber plantation.

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