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Military Tactics used by the USA and the Vietcong in Vietnamin During the Vietnam War there were two main sides (other countries were involved, giving financial support etc). There was the ARVN (Army of the republic of Vietnam) and the U.S. who were capitalist. Against the NVA (The North Vietnam Army) and the Vietcong (people based in South Vietnamwho supported the NVA). Both sides used different military tactics during the war. At the start of the war both sides used a similar tactic: to gain the trust of the South Vietnamese people and convince them to support their own side. The Vietcong used infiltration; they spread the idea of revolution and at the same time signed up new recruits. The Vietcong were more appealing to the peasants as they spoke the same language and offered free land by doing this they gained control of the countryside in south Vietnam. The US used a similar idea called 'Pacification'. They said this was to 'win the hearts and minds' of the people of S.Vietnam. It was a policy where they provided schools and clinics and built houses, roads, canals and bridges. This was to gain their trust because they were afraid of scaring the people while they were attacking the Vietcong in the countryside. This however did not succeed as the US lost their trust when they started bombing and the amount of violence caused by the US increased. The scheme was abandoned when money and soldiers were needed to fight the Vietcong. The Vietcong did not have the modern equipment and weaponry that the US had. But they had a huge advantage over the US; they knew the jungle and countryside they were also well suited to it. They could easily hide amongst the trees from the US trees and aircraft. It was easy because of their well developed Ho Chi Minh trail (the hidden network of paths used by the Vietcong). The Vietcong used Guerrilla tactics; they would use their knowledge of the jungle to their advantage and would go around in small group's surprising and

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