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What was the name for the military forces of the vietnamese communists?
The North Vietnamese Army was a regular army; just the like the US Army. The South Vietnamese communists living in South Vietnam were called the Viet Cong (VC); they were the guerrillas.
What side did the viet cong represent?
The Viet Cong were insurgents and terrorists in South Vietnam, who supported the North Vietnamese Army. While the North Vietnamese Army fought in direct combat from the north, the Viet Cong used guerilla warfare and insurgency tactics to interrupt operations in the south.
Who did the Americans fight against in the war?
The NVA and the VC (North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong).
What were communist rebels who supported Ho Chi Minh called?
Viet-cong However, the Viet Cong was the army. Communist civilians are communists. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- They were called the Viet Minh while fighting the French. The Viet Cong was not the army, it was a guerrilla organization. The North Vietnamese Army (NVA) was the army, but all were communists who supported Ho Chi Minh.
Who named the viet cong?
The South Vietnamese referred to Communists LIVING in "South Vietnam" as the Viet Cong. Not to be confused with enemy soldiers entering South Vietnam FROM North Vietnam, the NVA (North Viet Army).
What were fighters for north Vietnamese called?
viet cong
Why were the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese army tactics effective against the United States?
Persistence and determination was their secret.
What were the north vietnamese and the viet cong finghting for?
To make the South Viet government a communist government.
What were the viemtminh the viet cong and the national liberation front?
The Viet Minh were all Vietnamese men (whether they lived in the north or southern portions of Vietnam) fighting against the French (1946-1954). The Viet Cong were SOUTHERN Vietnamese citizens aiding the North Vietnamse Army in their war against the RVN & US/Allies. RVN=Republic of South Vietnam.
Who did the Australians fight at Vietnam?
The same enemy everybody else was fighting: the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and the Viet Cong (VC).
What was the major army of the north called?
Which war, US Civil war? Union. Vietnam? NVA - North Vietnamese Army - actual army VC - Viet Cong - guerrilla fighters
Was the Viet Cong an organization?
Yes. They were a Vietnamese Communist paramilitary organization primarily based in South Vietnam in support of the North Vietnamese military forces. The Viet Cong was dissolved in 1976 when South Vietnam capitulated to North Vietnamese military forces.
