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What were the military tactics used by both the US and the Viet Cong forces in Vietnam in the 1960s?
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Small units on either side would wander around until the saw each other, and then they would start shooting. Each side would try to find out if they were a stronger unit than the other side, and if they thought they were, they would continue the attack. If they didn't feel they were stronger than the other side, they would either sit tight til help arrived, or they would get the heck out of there. The Vietcong would use Gurilla tactics whereas the US military would use large armourment such as hellicopter gunships and tanks. The US also dropped millions of tons of bombs on the Ho Chi Minh trail. this was followed up with phosphorous and napalm bombs. The Napalm bombs caused dreadful burns to inocent civillians.
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