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Unit 5: How effective was the US @ stopping the spread of communism?…

- - - - Use of peasants/ farmers- the VC was friendly with peasants so that they would give them supplied, so that they could hide weapons/soldiers with them, the VC dressed like the peasants in order to blend in, so that they would not inform the Us about them, and so that they could pass along information about the US troops to the VC. If the peasants refused then they would terrify them, by killing those who would not cooperate.
      - Hanging onto American Belts- this tactic involved the VC fighting extremely close to the US, so that the bombers and planes could not be used. The US was not going to bomb their own men.
      - Tunnel Complex- the VC had around 150 miles of tunnels these were to avoid the bombs the US had, they smuggled weapons, and they hid after firefight.
      - Booby Traps- they were designed to scare the US and lower their morale, also the lower the number fighters available, safe tool because the VC did not have to around to cause the damage, also very cheap to make
  - - - operation rolling thunder- the US bombed Vietnam in order to stop the delivery of supplies, weapons, and troops. Unfortunately there were some problems with this tactic too, they did not disrupt the supply delivery, and they killed many innocent people making people in the US oppose to the war.
      - Search and Destroy- the US would go to villages and destroy everything the VC need to fight. That also had many problem: they kill and destroy the houses of innocent people, and the VC always moved before the US would even get there. images of soldiers destroying the villages made the us look even worse and raised the opposition to the war even more.
      - Strategic Hamlets- this strategy was to separate the VC and the farms, so that the enemy was found easily. farmers/peasants/villagers were moved to "safe zones" that had been cleared from the enemy. However this tactic has some problems that came with them: the Vietnamese didn't want to be moved from their homes, also the VC often tricked the US and got into the "safe zone."
      - Chemical Weapons- A spray was dropped from planes in order to kill the leaves off trees in order to see where to drop the bombs. This tactic had several problems as well such as many people being harmed with the chemicals, and made the us look like monsters to the people of Vietnam.