USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Viet Cong (VC), in full Viet Nam Cong San, English Vietnamese Communists, 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).

Detailed explanation-2: -The name Viet Cong comes from the phrase “cong san Viet Nam, ” meaning “Vietnamese communist.” The term is rather derogatory, however, so perhaps a better translation would be “Vietnamese commie."

Detailed explanation-3: -The Viet Cong called for the unification of Vietnam and the overthrow of the American backed South Vietnamese government. The Viet Cong’s best-known action was the Tet Offensive, an assault on more than 100 South Vietnamese urban centers in 1968, including an attack on the U.S. embassy in Saigon.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.