USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Revolutionary war tactics varied throughout the conflict. However, much of the success the Continental Army found was through the use of guerrilla warfare.

Detailed explanation-2: -One of the most successful guerrilla wars was led by George Kastrioti Skanderbeg against the invading Ottoman Empire. In 1443 he rallied Albanian forces and drove the Turks from his homeland.

Detailed explanation-3: -The most fully elaborated guerrilla warfare structure is by the Chinese and Vietnamese communists during the revolutionary wars of East and Southeast Asia. A simplified example of this more sophisticated organizational type – used by revolutionary forces during the Vietnam War, is shown above.

Detailed explanation-4: -Guerrilla warfare is effective because it is persistent, irregular, and based in a sympathizing populace. In the primary stages, it mostly a police matter but raises into requiring military action in its second phase when the robberies and raids strike military targets.

Detailed explanation-5: -Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare in which small groups of combatants, such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or irregulars, use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility, to fight a larger and less-mobile traditional military.