Ho Chi Minh trail
The Ho Chi Minh Trail is a system of trails made in the Vietnam War to send North Vietnamese soldiers into South Vietnam to help South Vietnamese communist insurgents (Viet Cong) fight against non-communist South Vietnamese soldiers. Most of the trails were in Laos and Cambodia because the United States was not allowed to enter those countries to bomb the trails. Later in the war, the United States would secretly send US soldiers to fight communist Vietnamese soldiers in Laos and Cambodia.
In early 1971, South Vietnam–with United States support–tried to disrupt the Ho Chi Minh Trail by invading Laos and launching Operation Lam Son 719, but this operation was a failure.[1]
Ho Chi Minh Trail Media
In the early days of the Ho Chi Minh Trail, bicycles were often used to transport arms and equipment from North to South Vietnam.
Bicycle used by communist forces on the Ho Chi Minh Trail to transport supplies. National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C.
Barrel Roll • Steel Tiger • Tiger Hound areas of operations
The Ho Chi Minh Trail, 1970.
The evolution of PAVN anti-aircraft weapons, 1965–1972.
Map displayed at the Reunification Palace in Vietnam. Dated 28 January 1973, it was used by the US and RVN to build intelligence on the trail.Template:RP
References
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-31. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
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