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How did the Vietcong defeat the army of a super power like the USA in the Vietnam War 1963 1973?
The main objectives and aims of the Vietcong were to use guerilla warfare to achieve victory against the USA. This meant that they had to retreat when the enemy attacked, pursue when they retreated, attack when they tired and raid when they camped.
How did America react to the My Lai massacre?
U.S. Army officers covered up the carnage for a year before it was reported in the American press, sparking a firestorm of international outrage. The brutality of the My Lai killings and the official cover-up fueled anti-war sentiment and further divided the United States over the Vietnam War.
What happened in the Mai Lai massacre?
On March 16, 1968, a platoon of American soldiers brutally kills as many as 500 unarmed civilians at My Lai, one of a cluster of small villages located near the northern coast of South Vietnam.
Why didn’t the US get involved in the Vietnam War?
There were legal and political barriers for such expansion of the war. However the USA did wage secret wars in Laos (some historians have argued that this was beginning of the CIA’s direct involvement military matters) and Cambodia (starting with the US backing the coup by General Lon Nol against Prince Sihanouk and US massive bombing of Cambodia.)
How did the US deal with the Vietcong?
Working on intelligence, the Americans tried to weed out the Vietcong in the Southern hamlets. They would drop in by helicopter and kill those they thought were Vietcong. Many innocent civilians were killed.
What happened in the Vietnam War?
An event that took place in a village in South Vietnam where more than 300 people without weapons were killed by US troops in May 1968. An war started by the Vietcong in 1968 where they would attempt to defeat American troops in South Vietnam, however the US defeated Vietnam in this war and therefore won.
What did the North Vietnamese do to unify Vietnam?
A North Vietnam communist group led by Ho Chi Minh. Ho Chi Minh helped form this; and organization whose goal it was to win Vietnam’s independence from foreign rule A South Vietnam communist group that wanted to unify Vietnam. They used guerrilla warfare when Lyndon B. Johnson was the president in the US.