USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Viet Cong were South Vietnamese supporters of the communist National Liberation Front in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War (known in Vietnam as the American War). They were allied with North Vietnam and the troops of Ho Chi Minh, who sought to conquer the south and create a unified, communist state of Vietnam.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Vietcong and North Vietnam were supported by the Soviet Union (USSR) and China who supplied money and weapons.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Vietcong were supported by the South Vietnamese peasants because they would offer to help them with their daily work. It was difficult for American troops to know who was a Vietcong and who was not.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) in the north was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist countries, while the United States and its anticommunist allies backed the Republic of Vietnam (ROV) in the south.

Detailed explanation-5: -The north was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist states, while the south was supported by the United States and other anti-communist allies. The war is widely considered to be a Cold War-era proxy war. It lasted almost 20 years, with direct U.S. involvement ending in 1973.