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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 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 ...
He founded the journal Indochina Chronology, and has authored numerous books and articles on the war and the National Liberation Front. [6] His book PAVN: People's Army of Vietnam has been described as "one of the two or three most significant books to emerge from the war". [9]
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).
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. [61]
United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races, 1964–92, guerrilla group; National Liberation Front for South Vietnam (NLF), 1960 – January 1977, has Liberation Army of South Vietnam, led by Workers Party of Vietnam; Radical Socialist Party of the South Vietnam, in NLF, 1961–75, led by Nguyễn Văn Hiếu (1922–91), Nguyễn Văn ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 February 2025. 1968 Battle during the Vietnam War Tet offensive attacks on Da Nang Part of the Tet offensive of the Vietnam War Map of the Da Nang vital area Date 29 January – 11 February 1968 Location Da Nang, South Vietnam Result Allied victory Belligerents United States South Vietnam South Korea ...
Madame Nguyễn Thị Định (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋwiən˦ˀ˥ tʰi˧˨ʔ ʔɗïŋ˧˨ʔ]; 15 March 1920 – 26 August 1992) was the first female general of the Vietnam People's Army during the Vietnam War and the first female Vice President of Vietnam. Her role in the war was as National Liberation Front deputy commander, and was ...