We estimate the present strength of the North Vietnamese. Armed Forces to be slightly over 400000 with about 375
The public statements of North Vietnam's leaders make one thing clear North Vietnam will not accept President Nixon's offer. Hanoi will continue the war.
The public statements of North Vietnam's leaders make one thing clear. North Vietnam will not accept President Nixon's offer. Hanoi will continue the war.
Throughout the year the 3d Marine. Division fought a conventional
WHEREAS South Vietnamese Americans
North Vietnamese forces that fought in South Vietnam. Between August 1964 and December 1968 The Rand Corporation conduct- ed approximately 2400 interviews
Division fought a conventional large-unit war against the North Vietnamese Army. (NVA) near the demilitarized zone . The 1st Marine Division
This article revisits the Khe Sanh siege during the Vietnam War focusing not on the battle itself but on the North Vietnamese communist decision.
by Saigon. If North Vietnam were to call into full-time military service the same share of its population as has South Vietnam the North Vietnamese
Regarding Access to American POWs during the Vietnam War. 1965-1970 North Vietnam's attitude towards the Geneva Conventions provided an idea of how.
Indochina in North Vietnamese Strategy Santa Monica CA: Rand 1971 28 p DS554 G87 Kinnard Douglas The War Managers Hanover NH: U New England 1977 216 p DS552 K5 Assessment based on views of over half generals in VN who responded to author's questionnaire See pp 63-67 Kolko Gabriel
1 North Vietnamese Vietcong and South Vietnamese soldiers would stop fighting and hold on to all territory they occupied at the time of the cease-fire 2 American troops would leave South Vietnam 3 North Vietnamese troops coul d stay in South Vietnam 4 American Prisoners of War (POWs) would be returned while U S troops leave Vietnam 5
the independence of South Vietnam beginning in the 1950s and continuing with U S direct combat operations in the 1960s and early 1970s makes it important to remember those who served U S involvement in this corner of Southeast Asia began after World War II when Vietnam was fighting for independence from France
North Vietnam When allied intelligence noted a buildup of enemy forces near the Demilitarized Zone in late December 1967 particularly around the Marine combat base at Khe Sanh in north-western Quang Tri Province Westmoreland suspected that the North Vietnamese were preparing a blow against the overstretched allied forces guarding the sector
It took place during the 1972 North Vietnamese Spring Offensive after most U S combat troops had departed South Vietnam The battle which lasted over two months resulted in the virtual