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18. Mai 2018 · Why the Battle for Hamburger Hill Was So Controversial. After 10 days of bruising battle, U.S. forces took the hill, only to abandon it days later. Sniper fire was so intense, one soldier...
The action caused a controversy among both the US armed services and the public back home. The battle was primarily an infantry engagement, with the US Airborne troops moving up the steeply sloped hill against well-entrenched troops. Attacks were repeatedly repelled by the PAVN defenses. Bad weather also hindered operations.
But coming at this stage of the war and the peace talks, the battle for Hamburger Hill set off tremors of controversy that carried all the way to Capitol Hill. Assaults Repulsed. The battle...
Bloody 10-day battle at “Hamburger Hill” begins. On May 11, 1969, Hamburger Hill becomes the scene of an intense and controversial battle during the Vietnam War. Known to military...
On the floor of the U.S. Senate, Senator Edward Kennedy excoriated the Army for its attack on Hamburger Hill, calling it “senseless and irresponsible.” The Army was sending “our men to their deaths to capture hills and positions that have no relation to ending this conflict,” he said. Criticism of the war, although present since the ...
Die Debatte über die Ereignisse am Hamburger Hill reichte bis in den US-Kongress, in dem kontrovers über die Militärpolitik in Vietnam diskutiert wurde. Insbesondere die Senatoren Edward Kennedy , George McGovern und Stephen M. Young kritisierten die Militärführung scharf.
3. Okt. 2019 · Total PAVN casualties are unknown, but 630 bodies were found on the hill after the battle. Heavily covered by the press, the necessity of the fighting on Hill 937 was questioned by the public and stirred controversy in Washington. This was worsened by the 101st's abandonment of the hill on June 5.
