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Viet Cong, the guerrilla force that, with the support of the North Vietnamese Army, fought against South Vietnam (late 1950s–1975) and the United States (early 1960s–1973). The name is said to have first been used by South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem to belittle the rebels.
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- Guerrilla warfare. Guerrilla warfare is the art of using knowledge of the landscape to avoid open battle with the enemy and to launch raids and surprise attacks, before disappearing back into the undergrowth.
- Support from peasants. The Vietcong won the ‘hearts and minds’ of the South Vietnamese peasants. They would offer to help them in their daily work and also promised them land, more wealth and freedom under Ho Chi Minh and the communists.
- Tunnel systems and traps. The Vietcong had a hidden system of tunnels stretching over 200 miles. There were hospitals, armouries, sleeping quarters, kitchens and wells underground.
- Foreign support. The Vietcong and North Vietnam were supported by the Soviet Union (USSR) and China who supplied money and weapons.
Guerrilla Tactics. In December 1965, Ho Chi Minh and the North Vietnamese leadership ordered a change in a way the war in the South was to be fought. From now on, the Vietcong would avoid pitched ...
Member of a Viet Cong Main Force Unit. They shared common arms, procedures, tactics, organization and personnel with the PAVN. VC and PAVN battle tactics comprised a flexible mix of guerrilla and conventional warfare battle tactics used by Viet Cong (VC) and the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) to defeat their U.S. and South Vietnamese (GVN/ARVN) opponents during the Vietnam War.
2 days ago · By the end of 1966 the United States had already lost almost 500 aircraft and hundreds of air crewmen killed or held as prisoners of war. Vietnam War - Guerilla Tactics, Air Power, Casualties: In contrast to the tightly controlled air war in the North, conduct of the ground war in the South was largely left to the leadership of General ...
Aug 2, 2011 · In order to combat better-supplied American and South Vietnamese forces during the Vietnam War, Communist guerrilla troops known as Viet Cong dug tens of thousands of miles of tunnels, including ...
May 25, 2024 · The Viet Cong‘s guerrilla tactics proved highly effective against the conventionally trained and equipped American forces. As General Vo Nguyen Giap, the mastermind behind the Viet Cong‘s strategy, famously said, "We fight the enemy where he is strong with a tactic that is cheap for us and expensive for him."
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