THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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guerillas
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the domino theory
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hawks
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untrained fighters
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Detailed explanation-1: -”’ Lacking the firepower of the American forces, the Vietcong used ambushes, booby traps, and other guerrilla tactics.
Detailed explanation-2: -Viet Cong (VC), in full Viet Nam Cong San, English Vietnamese Communists, the guerrilla force that, with the support of the North Vietnamese Army, fought against South Vietnam (late 1950s–1975) and the United States (early 1960s–1973).
Detailed explanation-3: -A cartridge trap is a type of booby trap devised by the Viet Cong and subsequently used against American and other anti-Communist forces supporting South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. It derives its name from the fact that the wounding component of the trap is a small arms cartridge.
Detailed explanation-4: -American tactics in Vietnam can be summed up by the acronym BEAST-Bombing, Escalation, Air and artillery, Search and destroy and Technology.