Us Involvement 1961-63 & guerilla tactics Flashcards
How many members were in the VC?
16,000
How many US military advisers were sent to train the south Vietnamese army?
11,000
What were the south Vietnamese army also known as?
ARVN
What were the NLF also known as?
The Vietcong
What were the strategic hamlets?
to combat the communist insurgency by pacifying the countryside and reducing the influence of the communists.
What did buddhists do to themselves due to unpopularity of Diem?
Sent them self on fire in protest
What type of tactsics did the VC use?
Guerrilla warfare
What did the guerilla tactics involve?
Hit-and-run tactics against an enemy that is more powerful in terms of if they were to meet face-to-face battle
What was hard for the US about detecting the VC?
It was impossible to detect them in the villiages
What did the VC build?
Thousands of kilometres of tunnels and complex underground shelters
What happened to the villages who did not support the VC?
They were terrorised into providing shelter and food
What did also the USSR and China give to the VC?
6,000 tonnes of supplies per day to NVA to fight the USA
What was the the dates when guerilla tactics were being used?
1964-68
