Summary.
The Ho Chi Minh Trail was a supply route used by the Vietcong to provide support in the form of manpower and supplies. It ran from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) to theRepublic of Vietnam. The Vietcong was a political organization and army in South Vietnam and Cambodia who fought directly with the United States and South Vietnamese.
Ho Chi Minh Trail and VietCong
- The Ho Chi Minh trail was a logistical system of trails used to transport war goods
- Ran from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) to theRepublic of Vietnam
- The system provided support, in the form of manpower and materiel
- Used by the People's Army of Vietnam and the Vietcong
- The name, taken from North Vietnamese president Ho Chi Minh
- "one of the great achievements of military engineering of the 20th century
- The Viet Cong
- A political organization and army in South Vietnam and Cambodia
- fought the United States and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War (1959–1975)
- Had both guerrilla and regular army units, as well as a network of cadres
- The Viet Cong's best-known action was the Tet Offensive
- The group was dissolved in 1976 when North and South Vietnam were officially unified under a communist government.
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