THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Question
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Vietnamese warfare tactics
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Minh warfare
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hidden warfare
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guerrilla warfare
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Detailed explanation-1: -They would frustrate the Americans by simple tactics: retreating when the enemy attacked; raiding enemy camps; attacking the enemy when they were tired and pursuing the enemy when they retreated. The Vietcong made sure they picked battles they would be able to win.
Detailed explanation-2: -Vietnam was a hybrid warfare theater, which required the Americans to fight both the Viet Cong guerrillas and Hanoi’s conventional forces. Through the analysis of U.S. and Communist documents, this study suggests that the Americans succeeded in offsetting the Communists’ tactical approach to hybrid warfare.
Detailed explanation-3: -The guerrilla warfare tactics, such as hit-and-run ambush, or ambushing American soldiers and then escaping before being captured, used by the Viet Cong, who were communist fighters from North Vietnam, ultimately led to the United States withdrawing from Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-4: -Guerrilla warfare They used the Ho Chi Minh Trail, which stretched from North Vietnam to the South, to keep their forces supplied.