Vietcong Tactics - Tunnels

Question 1

What were the tunnels, who were they used by and why were they used?

Answer 1

•The Viet Cong dug tunnels to provide shelter from bombings and America’s ‘Search and Destroy’ missions

Question 2

Where were the tunnels dug?

Answer 2

• Mostly in the countryside and jungle

* Sometimes in towns and major cities such as Saigon

Question 3

Having dug them, what did the Viet Cong sometimes do to them?

Answer 3

•Rig them with booby traps and left them for the Americans to find