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To clear brush and elephant grass around U.S. fighting positions and to clear overhead cover to reveal North Vietnamese troops carrying supplies south on the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

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What were defoliants used in the Vietnam war for?

expose enemy hiding places and destroy food supplies.


What was the pesticide called that was used during the Vietnam war?

The herbicide that was used during the Vietnam War was Agent Orange, which contains a deadly chemical called dioxin.


What brand bikes did the vietcongs use in the vietnam war?

They mainly used huffy's and mongoose's but sometimes they would use kent's.


How did Vietnam benefit or not benefit from the US involvement and action in history?

Vietnam suffered due to US action in supporting South Vietnam in the Second Indochinese War (called the Vietnam War in the USA and called the American War in Vietnam). The Second Indochinese War cost over 2 million Vietnamese lives, destroyed the Vietnamese economy and was an extension of the First Indochina War in the eyes of the Vietnamese. There wee numerous US soldiers who massacred Vietnamese civilians. Additionally, during the Second Indochinese War the United States used numerous defoliants (products to kill plants) in order to more effectively move through the dense Vietnamese jungles. A number of these defoliants (especially Agent Orange) caused mutations and diseases in both Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and US servicemen. A number of US servicemen have successfully sued for compensation for their injuries, but there have never been any reparations paid to Vietnam for this injustice. Further the isolation that Vietnam received from its previous Communist benefactors after the war combined with the isolation that US gave to Communist Vietnam to promote economic problems. However, Vietnam and the United States were able to have a rapprochement in the 1990s and Vietnam is increasingly looking to the United States to help preserve its independence from China.


Which countries used conscription in the Vietnam war?

During the Vietnam War, all combatants (including North Vietnam) used draftees except for the New Zealanders, they sent volunteers to South Vietnam.

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What were defoliants used in the Vietnam war for?

expose enemy hiding places and destroy food supplies.


What does the word defoliants mean?

Defoliants are chemicals which cause plants to lose their leaves.


What does Vietnam mainly import?

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What Most of the war illustrations in the media during the Vietnam war were mainly drawn to?

they were used to spark protest against America's involvement in the Vietnam War


What does Vietnam mainly produce?

Rice


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What has the author Philip Jones Griffiths written?

Philip Jones Griffiths has written: 'Agent Orange' -- subject(s): Adverse effects, Agent Orange, Casualties, Chemical Defoliants, Defoliants, Chemical, Environmental Exposure, History, Pictorial works, Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin, Toxicity, Toxicology, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975, War, War victims, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Pictorial Works


What brand bikes did the vietcongs use in the vietnam war?

They mainly used huffy's and mongoose's but sometimes they would use kent's.


In the US you mainly know about Vietnam because of the Vietnam War?

Yes. Before the US committed to the Vietnam War, many Americans had not even heard of Vietnam.


What were the main battle techniques in Vietnam?

No you don't do that.....The main battle techniques were they mainly used helicopters and hardly ever drived.. They were mainly on foot or in the helicopters... Dude you are so imature you little basterd


How did Vietnam benefit or not benefit from the US involvement and action in history?

Vietnam suffered due to US action in supporting South Vietnam in the Second Indochinese War (called the Vietnam War in the USA and called the American War in Vietnam). The Second Indochinese War cost over 2 million Vietnamese lives, destroyed the Vietnamese economy and was an extension of the First Indochina War in the eyes of the Vietnamese. There wee numerous US soldiers who massacred Vietnamese civilians. Additionally, during the Second Indochinese War the United States used numerous defoliants (products to kill plants) in order to more effectively move through the dense Vietnamese jungles. A number of these defoliants (especially Agent Orange) caused mutations and diseases in both Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and US servicemen. A number of US servicemen have successfully sued for compensation for their injuries, but there have never been any reparations paid to Vietnam for this injustice. Further the isolation that Vietnam received from its previous Communist benefactors after the war combined with the isolation that US gave to Communist Vietnam to promote economic problems. However, Vietnam and the United States were able to have a rapprochement in the 1990s and Vietnam is increasingly looking to the United States to help preserve its independence from China.


What Asian counrties are the leading producers of rice?

Mainly Vietnam and China.