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The formation of the National Liberation Front (NLF) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) lies in the communist dominated resistance to the French and the State of Vietnam – the Viet Minh. [4] The expulsion of the French had still left a clandestine organization behind in the South, reinforced by thousands of Southerners that had gone North ...
The Viet Cong [nb 1] (VC) was an epithet and umbrella term to refer to the communist-driven armed movement and united front organization in South Vietnam.It was formally organized as and led by the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, [nb 2] and conducted military operations under the name of the Liberation Army of South Vietnam (LASV).
Nguyễn Văn Trỗi (1 February 1940 [1] – 15 October 1964) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and member of the NLF (National Liberation Front). He gained notoriety after being captured by ARVN forces while trying to assassinate United States Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. who were visiting South Vietnam in May 1964.
The Liberation Army of South Vietnam (LASV; Vietnamese: Quân Giải phóng miền Nam Việt Nam; Chữ Hán: 軍解放沔南越南), also recognized as the Liberation Army (Quân Giải phóng - QGP or Giải phóng quân), was an irregular and regular military force established by the Workers' Party of Vietnam in 1961 in South Vietnam [1] as the nominal armed wing of the National Liberation ...
The song was written in 1961 by Lưu Hữu Phước (1921–1989) and adopted at that time as the anthem of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (Viet Cong). In 1966, Lưu Hữu Phước wrote a military song March on Saigon (Tiến về Sài Gòn) as an encouragement the soldiers going to attack Saigon in the Tet Offensive.
North Vietnam also occupied portions of Laos to assist in supplying the insurgents known as the National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) in South Vietnam. The war gradually escalated into the Second Indochina War , more commonly known as the "Vietnam War" in the West and the "American War" in Vietnam.
On 7 November, five days after the coup, the National Liberation Front issued a response to the overthrow of Diem with a list of eight demands: Destroy all strategic hamlets and other disguised camps; Release all political detainees; Promulgate without delay democratic freedom; Root out all vestiges of the fascist and militarist dictatorial regime
By dawn the National Liberation Front flag was flying over the town and key installations had either been neutralised or isolated. [9] In response, 3RAR’s A Company boarded A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment's armoured personnel carriers at 8am and left Nui Dat for Ba Ria. The 1st ATF Tactical Headquarters were informed of only two VC platoons ...