Sơn Tây (Hanoi)

Sơn Tây? / I is a city in the north of Vietnam. It was the capital of the province of Ha Tay up to their inclusion in the administrative area of ​​Hanoi on August 1, 2008. Until 1965, before the merger with the province of Ha Dong, Sơn Tây was also capital of the Province Tây Sơn.

Tây Sơn is located 35 km west of the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, and is often called because of the number of barracks and other military facilities within the city as "Soldiers city ". The military facilities include the Infantry School of the Vietnamese People's Army.

In the Western media Sơn Tây has been mainly due to the operation Ivory Coast known. Designated This was the attempt of the Green Berets, a special task force of the American armed forces, with the support of Air Force and Navy prisoners of war situated on the morning of November 21, 1970 from the nearby town and as a POW camp Sơn Tây ( Sơn Tây prison camp ) to liberate prison camp. The attempt to liberate themselves failed because the prisoners had been previously moved undetected in other camps. The soldiers involved in the use of the Green Berets returned complete - with only minor loss of material - in their original locations back.