THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Chemical warfare
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Guerilla warfare
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Nuclear warfare
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Hand to hand combat
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Detailed explanation-1: -For the most part, the Viet Cong fought essentially a guerrilla war of ambush, terrorism, and sabotage; they used small units to maintain a hold on the countryside, leaving the main population centres to government authorities.
Detailed explanation-2: -Guerrilla warfare was heavily utilized by the North Vietnamese and, ultimately, very misunderstood by the United States military.
Detailed explanation-3: -Vietnam was a hybrid warfare theater, which required the Americans to fight both the Viet Cong guerrillas and Hanoi’s conventional forces.
Detailed explanation-4: -The basic aim of guerrilla warfare is to avoid a pitched battle with the enemy. The Vietcong used this as they could never hope to defeat the might of US forces in a battle. Their aim was to attack US troops in small groups, and then disappear into the surrounding countryside.
Detailed explanation-5: -guerrilla warfare, also spelled guerilla warfare, type of warfare fought by irregulars in fast-moving, small-scale actions against orthodox military and police forces and, on occasion, against rival insurgent forces, either independently or in conjunction with a larger political-military strategy.