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1965

1965. NLF. National Liberation Front Political group operating in South Vietnam Wanted to overthrow the south government. Vietcong. Military Branch of NLF Relied on Ho Chi Minh Trail Consisted of a regular army and a guerilla army. Where are they fighting?. Ho Chi Minh Trail.

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1965

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  1. 1965

  2. NLF • National Liberation Front • Political group operating in South Vietnam • Wanted to overthrow the south government

  3. Vietcong • Military Branch of NLF • Relied on Ho Chi Minh Trail • Consisted of a regular army and a guerilla army

  4. Where are they fighting?

  5. Ho Chi Minh Trail • Supply route for the Viet Cong • Brought supplies from the North to the South • Ran through Laos and Cambodia

  6. Bicycles on the trail

  7. Air Cavalry • A new type of warfare • U.S. would spot Vietnamese forces from air • Would then drop soldiers into area with helicopters

  8. General Chu Huy Man • Command of People’s Army and Viet Cong • Task is to draw the air cavalry into battle • Learn how they fight

  9. Plei Mai Special Forces Camp • Attacked by North Vietnamese soldiers • Causes the US to send in the air cavalry to locate and destroy the Vietnamese

  10. Battle of La Drang Valley

  11. Colonel Hal Moore • American Commander at La Drang

  12. Operation Crimp – Jan. 1966 • Aka Battle of Ho Bo Woods • Objective was to destroy the underground Vietcong headquarters

  13. Underground tunnels • 120 miles of tunnels • They led to the underground headquarters of the Viet Cong

  14. Crimp • Troops were flown to Cu Chi • Engineers mapped and laid out the tunnels • The task was then to destroy the tunnels

  15. Tunnel Rats • American soldiers • Tasked with going into the tunnels • Armed with a pistol and a flashlight

  16. Booby Traps of course • Punjabi Stakes

  17. Outcome of Crimp • Cleared and destroyed miles of tunnels • Captured documents and intelligence reports • Americans claimed it as a military victory

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