Vietcong
Jungle warfare fighters
The Vietcong were the communist guerrilla forces that fought against South Vietnam and the United States during the Vietnam War (1955–1975).
The term, short for "Vietnamese Communist," was used by opponents; the fighters called themselves the National Liberation Front.
Vietcong tunnels allowed fighters to move undetected.
The word sometimes appears as a collective noun or adjective: Vietcong forces, a Vietcong soldier.
Vietnamese river's coastal plain
- SaigonFormer Vietnamese capital
- HanoiVietnam's seat of government
- jungleDense tropical forest
- Da NangVietnamese coastal metropolis
Indochina · Cambodia · Laos · Central Highlands · rice paddy · demilitarized zone
Collective ownership system
- Ho Chi MinhVietnamese nationalist leader
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- cadreCore of trained personnel
socialism · Viet Minh · liberation · ideology · indoctrination · collectivization · land reform · anti-imperialism
Phonetic alphabet's third
Surprise strike from concealment
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- booby trapHidden device to harm
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
- sabotageDeliberate disruption of operations
hit-and-run · jungle warfare · camouflage · punji stick · sapper · cell · clandestine · covert
Coordinated 1968 guerrilla assault
- Ho Chi Minh TrailWartime supply route through jungle
- Agent OrangeWartime defoliant chemical
- napalmFlammable gel for bombs
- Gulf of TonkinInlet between Vietnam, China
search and destroy · body count · B-52 · minefield · firefight · DMZ · pacification · counterinsurgency
Mekong Delta
Vietnamese river's coastal plain
Da Nang · Indochina · Cambodia · Laos · Central Highlands · rice paddy · demilitarized zone
communism
Collective ownership system
- Ho Chi MinhVietnamese nationalist leader
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
- propagandaBiased information for influence
cadre · socialism · Viet Minh · liberation · ideology · indoctrination · collectivization · land reform · anti-imperialism · nationalism
Charlie
Phonetic alphabet's third
ambush
Surprise strike from concealment
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- booby trapHidden device to harm
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
sabotage · hit-and-run · jungle warfare · camouflage · punji stick · sapper · cell · clandestine · covert · reconnaissance
Tet Offensive
Coordinated 1968 guerrilla assault
- Ho Chi Minh TrailWartime supply route through jungle
- Agent OrangeWartime defoliant chemical
- napalmFlammable gel for bombs
Gulf of Tonkin · search and destroy · body count · B-52 · minefield · firefight · DMZ · pacification · counterinsurgency · defoliation