Battle Analysis of the Battle of Hue City
The battle for Hue city took place over twenty-six days as part of the larger Tet Offensive, and examining this battle in particular will demonstrate some of the nine principles of war in great detail. In particular, by examining some of the problems presented to Marines in the Battle for Hue city and the ways in which they ultimately dealt with those problems will reveal how both sides of the battle enacted the nine principles of war to varying degrees of effect and success, and point out how the lack of certain principles resulted in the high rate of casualties and the length of the battle.
Before examining the particulars of the battle in more detail, it will be useful to note some aspects of Hue city itself, as a way of understanding the context of the battle. Nearly any critical work examining the battle begins with the layout of Hue city, because as Andrew Lawler notes, "there are two distinct parts of Hue City," with the older being "the interior -- the Citadel […] a walled fortress of the ancient empire, surrounded by a moat" that "covers roughly three square miles with towers, gardens, houses, markets, and pagodas-as well as the former imperial palace from the early 19th century" (Lawler 92). The rest of the city is "the modernized part […] which includes the university, stadium, hospital, prison, and government buildings," and "the Perfume River divides the city in two, with the Citadel to the north and the modern city to the south" (Lawler 92). As the battle...
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