Vietnam War The Viet Cong: Tactics and Support

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Let's explore main reasons why the Viet Cong proved to be so resiliant and difficult to defeat. This mind map outlines the main tactics of the Viet Cong and suggests reasons on why the operated so effectively.
Andrew Burke
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Vietnam War The Viet Cong: Tactics and Support
  1. Supplies
    1. Depended on supplies from North Vietnam
      1. Supplies delivered along the Ho Chi Minh trail
        1. 40,000 Vietnamese worked to keep the trail open and protected
        2. Commitment
          1. Number of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese killed in the war was an estimated 1 million
            1. Strength of the Viet Cong fighters was their attitude not to give in to defeat
            2. Guerrilla Warfare
              1. Small units with limited weapons
                1. Wore no uniform; hard to distinguish from peasants
                  1. Attacked isolated units of US soldiers
                    1. Ambushes in the jungle terrified US soldiers
                    2. Civilian Support
                      1. Viet Cong expected to respect Vietnamese peasants
                        1. Prepared to kill peasants who opposed them or cooperated with the enemy
                          1. 1966-1971: killed an estimated 27,000 civilians
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