What different tactics were used by both sides in an attempt to win the conflict in Vietnam between 1956 and 1968?
What different tactics were used by both sides in an attempt to win the conflict in Vietnam between 1956 and 1968? The main tactic used by the NFL was guerrilla warfare. This is fighting small battles in small groups. The idea was to hit the enemy at his weak points and then run back into the cover of the jungle. The U.S army had been used to conventional warfare, in the form of bouts of fighting. Guerrilla warfare meant that they had to be constantly alert and Booby traps meant that many soldiers died and witnessed horrific deaths. This was naturally unnerving for the soldiers concerned, particularly so because many of the soldiers were young and inexperienced. The Vietcong organised the soldiers into small groups of men between 3 and 10 members. These were called cells. Each cell would be input into a village and have no information on other cells in Vietnam. The idea of this is that if a cell was captured he could not inform the U.S troops about other cells under torture. When the cells are placed into a village they used the theory that they are the fish and that the villagers are the water. You need the water to survive. This means that you will do any thing and everything to please the villagers so that they do not talk to the US about you or other members of your Cell. Things that they did included helping with the harvest. They also took care in not damaging any
What different tactics were used by both sides in an attempt to win the conflict in Vietnam between 1956 and 1968?
What different tactics were used by both sides in an attempt to win the conflict in Vietnam between 1956 and 1968? During the Vietnam War, there were many different tactics used by American and Vietcong in order to win the war. These tactics had an influence over the opposition's use and the choice of tactics. From the beginning of the war the Vietcong realised that in order to win they must win the "hearts and the minds" of the peasants. This way they could be provided with shelter, food and such like, also they would be able to enlist more fighters for their cause and above all else the peasants would see that communism was the war which their country should be heading. In order to do this they operated by a special code dealing with the peasants, they brought up rules such, not to damage the land and crops or spoil the houses, not to insist on buying or borrowing land, never break the rule, to help them with their daily work. These rules ensured that the peasants would support the Vietcong and help them at any opportunity. As well as these gestures of kindness towards the peasants, they would also educate them as to why they were so poor and, explain how much better communism would be to them. The American on the other hand although realising to some extent that the war was only going to be won with the support of the peasants were far less active in their approach to
What different tactics were used by both sides in an attempt to win the conflict in Vietnam between 1956 and 1968?
Christian Hamilton-Smith Burnley Habergham High School History Syllabus B (Modern World History) Assignment 2 (Question 2) 'What different tactics were used by both sides in an attempt to win the conflict in Vietnam between 1956 and 1968?' The tactics used by both sides in Vietnam contributed, as a major part to the end result of the war. Both sides used a verity of different ways to harm, maim and kill their opposition. The most commonly used tactic in Vietnam was known as Guerrilla Warfare. This was a tactic imposed upon the Americans by the Vietcong. Guerrilla Warfare - military or paramilitary operations conducted in enemy held territory by irregular forces, often groups indigenous to that territory. Guerrilla tactics are used normally when they are lacking in numbers, weapons and training to the opposition. They avoid fighting hand to hand and instead operate in remote inaccessible areas, such as forests and jungles. Guerrillas depend on their surroundings for food, shelter and supplies, which tend to come from the local inhabitants. They strike when the enemy least expects it, they steal supplies by way of ambush and also cut communication links in hope to remove communication between forces. Guerrillas also set traps to harm their enemies. Another important tactic used by Guerrillas is to disappear into a village, as they would be in small groups. They can
Vietnam War
Johnson, not Kennedy, bears the responsibility for the escalation of the war in Vietnam. 'How far do you agree with this statement?' President Johnson must take major responsibility for the escalation of the war in Vietnam, however he cannot take full responsibility as Kennedy also played a part in increasing commitment there. Johnson takes the larger amount of responsibility as he took the first major escalatory step by approving of large scale bombing in Vietnam; Operation Rolling Thunder, as a response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident. LBJ was also the first President to send ground troops into Vietnam. LBJ may have also got further involved in Vietnam because he didn't want to 'lose Vietnam' like Truman 'lost China' because 'losing China' affected Truman's reputation greatly and therefore LBJ did not want the same to happen to him over Vietnam. On the other hand, JFK must take some responsibility because during his time in office, military advisers in Vietnam were increased from 500 to 16,000. Also the American government had some involvement in getting rid of Diem, therefore increasing commitment to Vietnam and LBJ had the same foreign policy advisers as Kennedy, so they possibly brought Kennedy's ideas back into the White House. The Gulf of Tonkin incident is when a US Navy ship was allegedly attacked by North Vietnamese patrol boats. Reports of this attack angered LBJ
Vietnam War
"To what extent did the American media influence the result of the Vietnam War." Wars that last more than 10 years would be considered as a very long time, especially for the families that wait for their young men to return without knowing that they are still alive or not. The medias or any news about the war would be very important to everyone waiting in the country, bringing joy, sorrow or hope to them. Vietnam War extended for 16 years from 1959-1975 until all the problems were to solutions which the media played an important role during the war. The result was significance that the Americans lost the war and it brought to the question "how". To a large degree that the American media influence the outcome of the war. The Americans send their troops across the globe to Vietnam which is new location for battle field which caused many concern to the U.S. military, government and their citizens. However the Americans were able to find the solution to this problem through the media coverage that would report everything to their people even if it not true. Vietnam War was the first "television war". During the 1960s, television was a new kind of media that was booming all around the world which entertain people with many programs and news update. According to Michael Arlen in 1965, it was called "living room war" as the media start to play an important role reporting the
Why did the USA withdraw from Vietnam by 1973?
Why did the USA withdraw from Vietnam by 1973? There are several factors involved in the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam and in this essay I shall be discussing the following: political, economic, social and military as well as discussing these in relation to American forces defeat. I shall also be exploring the American involvement in Vietnam and the differences between the American and Communist strategy, the South Vietnamese government and the American home front and examining why it took so long for America to withdraw from Vietnam. The first factor I will be investigating is military. Some say that a reason for America's withdrawal was that their tactics were inappropriate and brutal; their technology was advanced and they were using weapons that caused mass destruction. One of their tactics was to repeatedly bomb the enemy. They believed that this could destroy the economy and morale of the communists. Between 1969 and 1970, America dropped an average of 100,000 tonnes of bombs a month on South Vietnam. The Americans used mother bombs, napalm, white phosphorus and Agent Orange, all of which were extremely destructive. In 1968, a tactic was introduced called 'Operation Phoenix'. Tens of thousands of Vietcong (VC) were sought out and interrogated. The VC were tortured and killed. Another tactic was to move peasants away from their homes and