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North Vietnam aided Viet Cong or the National Liberation Front (NLF) in a guerilla war against the anti-communist. The army of the North was called People's Army of Vietnam or North Vietnamese Army.

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Who are the Congs?

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.


Who were the Viet Cong?

Viet Congs: North communist Vietnamese supporters of the communist Front in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War (known in Vietnam as the American War). The Viet Congs fought against both the government/military of South Vietnam and the armed forces of the United States between 1959 and 1975. They were initially a loose grouping of guerrilla fighters. Quick Note: South Vietnam/South Vietnamese didn't want the communist takeover from communist North Vietnam, they wanted to be a democratic country. U.S. entered the war to stop the spread of communism and support the democratic South Vietnam.


What year were french forces forced out of Vietnam by communist forces?

September 1945


What is the name of of the insurgent Vietnamese forces?

The insurgent Vietnamese forces during the Vietnam War were primarily known as the Viet Cong, or the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam. They were a communist-led guerrilla group that fought against the South Vietnamese government and U.S. forces. The Viet Cong operated alongside the North Vietnamese Army (NVA), which was the regular military of North Vietnam.


American forces fighting in Vietnam were fighing what is often called?

Communist aggression, an un-winnable war, guerrilla war, a limited war, a jungle war, a hot battle of the cold war, etc.

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Communist guerrilla forces in Vietnam were called .?

Viet Cong


Who supported the communists in Korea and Vietnam?

CHINA was the primary foreign supporter of the Communist Forces in Korea and Vietnam.


Vietcong army?

Communist sympathizers living in South Vietnam; often conducting guerrilla warfare against Republic of South Vietnam Government forces.


Who are the Congs?

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.


Vietcong?

Communist guerrilla movement in Vietnam that fought the South Vietnamese government forces 1954-75 with the support of the North Vietnamese army and opposed the South Vietnamese and US forces in the Vietnam War.


Who were the Viet Cong?

Viet Congs: North communist Vietnamese supporters of the communist Front in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War (known in Vietnam as the American War). The Viet Congs fought against both the government/military of South Vietnam and the armed forces of the United States between 1959 and 1975. They were initially a loose grouping of guerrilla fighters. Quick Note: South Vietnam/South Vietnamese didn't want the communist takeover from communist North Vietnam, they wanted to be a democratic country. U.S. entered the war to stop the spread of communism and support the democratic South Vietnam.


What effect did the withdraw of American troop have on south Vietnam?

South Vietnam was overrun by communist forces.


Vietnam war?

Was a Cold War conflict. A protracted military conflict (1954-1975) between South Vietnam, supported by United States forces, and Communist North Vietnam. The war resulted in a North Vietnamese victory and unification of Vietnam under Communist rule.


Communist guerrilla forces that fought for the NLF were called what?

They were called the Vietcong


What year were french forces forced out of Vietnam by communist forces?

September 1945


American forces fighting in Vietnam were fighing what is often called?

Communist aggression, an un-winnable war, guerrilla war, a limited war, a jungle war, a hot battle of the cold war, etc.


Who fort in war Vietnam war?

Firebases acted as Forts during the Vietnam War. Firebases normally had a battery (6 guns back then) of 105mm, 155mm Self Propelled Guns (SPG), or split trailed 155mm field guns. Some firebases had M42 Dusters and 175mm SPG.