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What were fighters for north Vietnamese called?
viet cong
What is the Vietnam war about?
the northern Vietnamese wanted Communism so the democratic Vietnamese fled to south Vietnam, the democratic part, mean while the southern communists still were there and decided they should take Vietnam as a whole communist country. they became the Viet Cong and the northern Vietnamese sent supplies to the Viet Cong through the Ho Chi Minh Trail to aid the Viet Cong(the DMZ kept them from crossing the boarder whit weapons).
Why was the viet cong established?
To defeat the South Vietnamese government.
What were the north vietnamese and the viet cong finghting for?
To make the South Viet government a communist government.
What were the south Vietnamese called?
The Viet Cong or VC - Victor Charlie .
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.
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 was the fighting force of the vietnamese national liberation front?
The VC (Viet Cong).
What is the derogatory reference for the national liberation front meaning vietnamese communist?
Viet cong
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 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.
What was the south Vietnamese organization that fought the us and south Vietnamese forces?
VC-Viet Cong. It should have correctly called as The South Vietnamese Liberation Front (Mat Tran Giai Phong Mien Nam.) which backed by the communist government in the North Viet Nam . VC means Vietnameses Communist .
