Viet nam was a war of attriton
Vietnam was a war of attrition. It was the hardest war the United States has ever fought. We were fighting for a people who did not want us there and for a government that was to corrupt to help it and it's people. Putting that aside, we where and still are the most powerful country in the world. This being said, why where we not able to successfully defeat the Viet Cong and The North Vietnamese Army? To that end there are many reason, one being our war strategy, another being the way the Vietnmese fought the war, and finally the People of the United States did have there hearts in the war. In this paper I will however stick to how owner tactics and how our military leaders failure to properly adapt and create a war plan led to our defeat. I will also go into the Viet Congs strategy as it change led to our failure. What was so terrible about our war strategy? We did of course win almost every engagement of the war. We fought long and hard against an enemy that hardly ever was seen. Our tactics in the beginning
A large regiment of about 1500 Viet Cong was gathered in and around a small village named Van Tuong in northern South Vietnam. The VC retreated to the safety of the jungles and rice patties of Southwestern Vietnam where they could execute their own form of guerrilla warfare. The VC had networks of tunnels connecting hooch-to-hooch, village-to-village almost across the entire country. They would pop up and fire at you then disappear in to the massive network of tunnels underneath you. The VC surviors of the American offensive did learn something from there defeat. of the war where simple, conventional tactics, this meaning you where here, they are there, you just have to get where they are. These Cells where highly effective fighting units in remote jungle areas. At the end of a day the American's would be airlifted via helicopters back to base, witch left the VC to roam above ground. The attack was executed by the book and though it was a tough fight the United States devastated the 1st Viet Cong Regiment while sustaing only limited casualties. American generals and advisors where ill prepared for this type of warfare and stood by the old belief the person with the biggest gun always wins. intelligence has found out from a Viet Cong deserter that the VC regiment was planning an attack on the Marine base Chu Lai. The Marines where to attack from three sides forcing the Viet Cong into the South China Sea.
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