THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Search and Destroy
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Guerilla warfare
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Blitzkrieg warfare
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Desert Warfare
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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: -The Vietcong encouraged a fear amongst the peasants that the Americans and South Vietnamese would take this land back. 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.
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 They used the Ho Chi Minh Trail, which stretched from North Vietnam to the South, to keep their forces supplied.