Guerilla warfare
- Created by: Pancake28
- Created on: 13-03-17 20:48
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- Guerilla warfare
- used because the Vietcong could not beat the Americans in a direct fight
- Supplied with weapons by China and Russia
- Used the Ho Chi Minh trail- a route through Laos and Cambodia
- The Americans couldn't attack the supply routes without escalating the war
- Used the Ho Chi Minh trail- a route through Laos and Cambodia
- Ambushing US patrols/ setting boobie traps
- 58,000 troops died in Vietnam
- Tactic was 'hanging onto the belts' of the Americans. Could not use artillery without killing their own men
- Vietcong carried little and wore similar clothing to the civilians so it was difficult to identify them. This made the Americans paranoid
- Ho Chi Minh trail- how weapons were supplied
- What were the American tactics?
- To a certain extent they fought a hi-tech war- bombing, artillery and helicopters
- To what extent did the Americans fight a high-tec conventional war and Vietnam a low-tech one?
- Yes- Agent Orange, Operation Rolling Thunder, NIxon bombing and helicopters used
- In contrast, Vietcong used hit and run 'staying close to the belt' techniques
- No- USA used search and destroy missions ans zippo raids
- Vietcong were advanced : torpedo boats, radar systems and fighter planes
- Yes- Agent Orange, Operation Rolling Thunder, NIxon bombing and helicopters used
- To what extent did the Americans fight a high-tec conventional war and Vietnam a low-tech one?
- To a certain extent they fought a hi-tech war- bombing, artillery and helicopters
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