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The US employed "Search and Destroy" tactics that resulted in the strategy of "Attriting the enemy" (A war of body counts). Find him and kill him where ever he was found. It was acceptable for the war that had to be fought; however, the geographics of the war zone (Fighting limited to South Vietnam only) didn't allow the US/Allies to be able to ISOLATE the battlefield (South Vietnam). Communist men & material continued to flow into South Vietnam; consequently we couldn't destroy them all, they just kept coming...it was a recipe for an endless war, so we had to leave. The only other alternative was to WIDEN the war to include the infiltration routes (Ho Chi Minh Trail) in the neighboring countries of Laos and Cambodia, a move that certainly would have angered the Communist Superpowers. To avoid that confrontation, we departed. The Korean War (1950-1953) was easily isolated, as Korea was a Peninsula, and the US Navy controlled the seas. Communist re-supply had to be from across the Red Chinese border, which we easily saturated with bombs. Korea lasted less than 3 years, and we successfully stopped the communists at the 38th Parallel, still in effect today.
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SteveThe effectiveness vary from situation to situation. Overall, it has been proven quite effective in harassing the US troops' advancing. However, for taking over enemy positions,Vietcong still needs large scale frontal assaults.
In situation of Vietnam War, which the locals are fighting a larger technology advanced force, guerrilla tactics are most likely to be used. It can minimize the casualty, while still giving the enemy force frustration, then further wear the enemy down mentally and physically.
We've been seeing same syndrome in Iraq today.
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Why were the war tactics in the Vietnam war different to other wars?
Wars prior to Vietnam were ground taking wars (territorial gains). Vietnam was a body count war-a war of attrition.
Why ho chi mi of Vietnam installed statue of chhatrapatil shivaji in Vietnam?
while vietnam is in war with america, vietnam soldiers used learn guerilla tactics by studying shivaji maharaj. shivaji maharaj used guerrilla tactics against huge moghal empire. Same way vietnam is in war with giant america, vietnami soldiers gets inspired from shivaji's example...
What kind of tactics did Vietnam use in the war against the Americans?
During the Vietnam War, the US strategy was "Attritition". This involved the tactics of "Search and Destroy", which was accompanied by the procedure of "counting enemy bodies", which resulted in the term, "body count".
What did the Vietnam War accomplish?
im not an expert on this but i think that the Vietnam War could have accomplish SOMETHING. like... - Americans saw that they could not always win - Vietnam is recovering quite well - wars like this tells us that evil can sometimes conquer over good - the Vietnam war is something future people can learn about and reflect on - communism can be good SOMETIMES sorry if my answers not that good but that's what i understand anyways the Vietnam war accomplishes nothing but death!!!!!!!
Who ended the Vietnam War?
the us government withdrew all troops from Vietnam, because the enemies guerrilla tactics made it a one sided war. We were losing countless soldiers in a war that didnt directly affect us, until the american citizens protested over having their loved ones and countless others sent to a country on the other side of the world.
