What was the strategy of the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong?

NLF Tactics The aim of the NLF was to involve the enemy in a long drawn out war and thereby to wear it down. Thus the NLF, based in the thick forests of South Vietnam, began by taking control of the villages in the rural areas. As their strength grew and the enemy retreated, they began to take the smaller towns.

What was the strategy used by the Viet Cong based on?

The Vietcong encouraged a fear amongst the peasants that the Americans and South Vietnamese would take this land back. They would frustrate the Americans by simple tactics: retreating when the enemy attacked; raiding enemy camps; attacking the enemy when they were tired and pursuing the enemy when they retreated.

What was the Pavn in the Vietnam War?

The term PAVN (People’s Army of Vietnam), identifies regular troops of the North Vietnamese Army or NVA as they were commonly known by their Western opponents.

What were the operations of the NLF and PAVN?

VC and PAVN battle tactics comprised a flexible mix of guerrilla and conventional warfare battle tactics used by Viet Cong (VC) and the North Vietnamese People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) to defeat their U.S. and South Vietnamese (GVN/ARVN) opponents during the Vietnam War.

What was the American strategy in Vietnam?

The Strategy The U.S. would wage a war of attrition, a military tactic through which a long series of small-scale attacks gradually wears down the enemy. The goal was to inflict heavy damage on North Vietnam and the Viet Cong, so much damage in fact, that it would be impossible for them to recover and keep fighting.

What was US strategy in Vietnam?

Was the NLF successful?

The NLF was successful at the village levels, turning many Vietnamese against the government of the Republic of Vietnam, or South Vietnam. PAVN was the regular force unit of North Vietnam and remained out of major battles until 1968 when the NLF was decimated in the Tet Offensive.