The North Vietnamese Army's strategy (NVA) was simple: infiltrate the south via civilian disguises, attack with speed and surprise, use women and children, send supplies via the Ho Chi Minh trail, and use guerrilla pacts.
South Vietnam's strategy was to destroy the Ho Chi Minh trail, send individual companies on search and destroy missions, use "tunnel soldiers" to collapse NVA tunnels. Attack the north with air power and land power.
America's plan was to bombard North Vietnam into giving up.
Nixon's plan was to vietnamize the war, pull back US soldiers in an attempt to retain honor, and bomb north Vietnam into negotiating.
Aerial bombing (B-52's) of North Vietnam, to bomb them into submission; and "searching and destroying" all communists in South Vietnam; and counting the bodies as we went.
the Vietnam people went BOOM!!!
To train the Vietnamese Military to defend their nation based on US Military doctrine. The US tried every way possible to draw The Vietcong into a conventional fight by setting up fire bases and probing enemy camps. finally they tried to use air power to bomb and destroy supply lines and bases.
During the Vietnam War, the US strategy was "Attritition". This involved the tactics of "Search and Destroy", which was accompanied by the procedure of "counting enemy bodies", which resulted in the term, "body count".
while vietnam is in war with america, vietnam soldiers used learn guerilla tactics by studying shivaji maharaj. shivaji maharaj used guerrilla tactics against huge moghal empire. Same way vietnam is in war with giant america, vietnami soldiers gets inspired from shivaji's example...
Wars prior to Vietnam were ground taking wars (territorial gains). Vietnam was a body count war-a war of attrition.
Q who was the victor of the Vietnam war? A I have no idea who won the Vietnam war!!!!
The first US draft was during the US Civil War (1861-1865); the last US draft was during the Vietnam War (1961-1975).
Vietnam War: Find'em & Kill'em (Search & Destroy).
what were the american tactics in the vietnam war
Nuclear weapons were not used during the Vietnam war
During the Vietnam War, the US strategy was "Attritition". This involved the tactics of "Search and Destroy", which was accompanied by the procedure of "counting enemy bodies", which resulted in the term, "body count".
Yes there is a Statue of Chathrapathi Shivaji Maharajah in HO CHI MI of Vietnam. They installed it as a tribute to the great King of India. During the Vietnam War they used to study the guerrilla war tactics from the style of Shivaji
Helicopter borne infantry tactics.
The tactic used was guerrilla warfare.
The war America is in currently is similar to the Vietnam war because there is the same tactics being used them by the opponents as there is in current wars. Tactics known as guerrilla warfare where the opponent attacks and then flees making it hard for the Americans to work out who and where the enemy is.
while vietnam is in war with america, vietnam soldiers used learn guerilla tactics by studying shivaji maharaj. shivaji maharaj used guerrilla tactics against huge moghal empire. Same way vietnam is in war with giant america, vietnami soldiers gets inspired from shivaji's example...
Strategy (over all plan to obtain objective); attrition. Tactics (methods used to obtain objective); search and destroy.
There are many tactics that the VietCong used in the Vietnam war. The most common tactic used was surprise attacks and ambushes due to extensive tunneling underground.
Wars prior to Vietnam were ground taking wars (territorial gains). Vietnam was a body count war-a war of attrition.