Long Tan was basically not against the Viet Cong - the major enemy force was from the North Vietnam regular army. As well as those battalions, there was a VC local battalion - about 400 of the 2,500 enemy force. The hardest time was when the 100 members of D Company 6 RAR were running low on ammunition and hemmed in on three sides. What saved them was the artillery fire from the Australian base, which helped break up the continual attacks. Fortunately the relief force in armoured personnel carriers arrived at dusk, just as an enemy unit was preparing to attack from the rear. The opposition dissolved, having lost about thirty times the casualties inflicted on the Australians.
In the Battle Of Long Tan the Australians were fighting the Viet Cong.
The NVA and the VC (North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong).
Battle of Go Cong happened on 1963-09-03.
The NVA and the VC (North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong).
North VN vs South VN; US helped the South.
1954 the french lost against the Viet Cong
Cong is short for Viet Cong. The Viet Cong were the communist guerrilla forces backed by North Vietnam when they fought against South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
•Viet Mihn • Viet Cong
The NVA and VC (North Viet Army & Viet Cong).
They were trying to fight a guerrilla war using conventional tactics.
He was against it, saying: "No Viet Cong ever called me 'nigger".
The Viet Cong was started by the Vietminh, a guerrilla army whose first objective was to oppose Japanese invasion. Later, the Viet Cong successfully fought against the France and the USA.