Discounting the US Army Women's Army Corps (WAC's) and the US Navy's Women Allowed in the Navy for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES), and Air Force/Marine Corps Women's units, which were all disbanded with the introduction of the new all volunteer military in 1975: The US Military averaged approximately 2 million men during the cold war, reaching 3.5 million men during the Vietnam War. After the Cold War & Vietnam; the all volunteer US Military has maintained an approximate 1.4 million persons.
The final city that fell to the North Vietnamese Army was Saigon.
NVN=North Vietnamese Navy NVAF=North Vietnamese Air Force NVA=North Vietnamese Army
The North Vietnamese Army (NVA), also known as the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), was the military force of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Established in 1956, it played a crucial role in fighting against South Vietnamese forces and their U.S. allies, aiming to unify Vietnam under communist control. The NVA was known for its conventional military tactics and guerrilla warfare strategies, significantly contributing to the eventual fall of Saigon in 1975. After the war, the NVA was instrumental in the establishment of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
North Vietnamese soldiers were referred to as the NVA (North Vietnamese Army) by the GI's in Vietnam, during the war. Southern Communist soldiers living in South Vietnam and fighting in South Vietnam, were called the Viet Cong (VC).
NVAF (North Vietnamese Air Force) and NVA (North Vietnamese Army); plus VC (Viet Cong) units living in South Vietnam.
For North Vietnam or South Vietnam? The North Vietnamese were known simply as the 'North Vietnamese Army' (NVA) to US forces, but their actual title was Vietnam Peoples' Army, as it common practice in Communist states. The South Vietnamese Army was referred to as the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN).
The final city that fell to the North Vietnamese Army was Saigon.
The Viet Cong were actually a guerrilla force fighting against the South Vietnamese government and its allies during the Vietnam War. They were a communist insurgency movement with connections to North Vietnam. They were not the army of the South Vietnamese communists, but rather a separate entity that fought alongside the North Vietnamese army.
NVA (North Vietnamese Army).
NVN=North Vietnamese Navy NVAF=North Vietnamese Air Force NVA=North Vietnamese Army
The North Vietnamese Army (NVA), also known as the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), was the military force of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Established in 1956, it played a crucial role in fighting against South Vietnamese forces and their U.S. allies, aiming to unify Vietnam under communist control. The NVA was known for its conventional military tactics and guerrilla warfare strategies, significantly contributing to the eventual fall of Saigon in 1975. After the war, the NVA was instrumental in the establishment of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
ARVN=Army Republic of South Vietnam. NVA=North Vietnamese Army.
North Vietnamese soldiers were referred to as the NVA (North Vietnamese Army) by the GI's in Vietnam, during the war. Southern Communist soldiers living in South Vietnam and fighting in South Vietnam, were called the Viet Cong (VC).
North Vietnamese Army .
NVAF (North Vietnamese Air Force) and NVA (North Vietnamese Army); plus VC (Viet Cong) units living in South Vietnam.
North Vietnam. Actually, the credit should go to the NVA (North Vietnamese Army) they did all the work. The NVAF (North Vietnamese Air Force) did a lot of work too; but they were DEFENDING North Vietnam. Not invading South Vietnam.
No , he commanded the North Vietnamese Army .