THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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infiltrate the Vietcong military.
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sabotage Vietcong equipment.
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destroy the jungles.
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torture the Vietcong
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Americans used 82 million litres of Agent Orange to spray on the thousands of square kilometres of jungle Napalm was another widely used chemical weapon. Its aim was to destroy the jungles where the guerrillas might hide. But, if it landed on human skin then it had the effect of burning through skin to the bone.
Detailed explanation-2: -Napalm was first used in flamethrowers for U.S. ground troops; they burned down sections of forest and bushes in hopes of eliminating any enemy guerrilla fighters. Later on in the war B-52 Bombers began dropping napalm bombs and other incendiary explosives.
Detailed explanation-3: -Allied bombers used napalm in incendiary bombs throughout the European and Pacific theaters during World War II. Handheld or vehicle-borne flamethrowers deployed napalm primarily against dug-in positions given its ability to kill or displace defenders where other weapon systems would fail.
Detailed explanation-4: -Napalm was deployed for the first time in the battlefield of Papua New Guinea, on 15 December 1943 with flamethrowers.