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north Vietnam launched a huge insurgency of 78000 men to reunify Vietnam. la drang and daktau were used as diversion battles, to divert US forces away from the primary objective of Saigon. Military victory for USA, but psycologically after the Tet, the USA began pulling out of the Vietnam War

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The NVA held the cities in the northern regions, while the VC infiltrated into the allied areas in the southern sectors. While fighting in the southern sectors was house to house, and identifying who was who; in the northern AO's (Areas of Operation) the NVA embattled US forces in a conventional WWII style of warfare; such as at the city of Hue...these were set-piece battles.

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1. It was an open attack

2. It was nation wide

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Places they fought in the Vietnam War?

The big cities of SOUTH Vietnam never seen "much" fighting; other than the TET Offensive in 1968. During this offensive, the cities of Hue (pronounced WAY) and Saigon saw a lot of fighting. In particular, the city of Hue, because it was the closest to North Vietnam, it's just below the DMZ (17th parallel). Smaller towns (villages) were either wiped out or relocated and turned into "Free Fire Zones."


Why did Nixon resume bombing of north Vietnam and mine the harbors of haiphong and other port?

That day arrived in the spring of 1972, when the North Vietnamese launched a large-scale conventional offensive in South Vietnam's northern provinces. The U.S., claiming that this was an "invasion of South Vietnam" and a "flagrant violation" of the 1968 bombing halt agreement, resumed bombing of North Vietnam and then, when the offensive continued and Hanoi did not agree to U.S. demands, escalated further the bombing and mined the country's principal port. For more information go to: http://www.us-foreign-policy-perspective.org/index.php?id=316 <---- I got my information from this website


When was champa rice introduced in china?

The Tang Dynasty (618-907) Vietnam had many successful tactics of growing different strains of rice. With their surplus of rice, many different countries wanted to invade them to know how Vietnam was so successful at growing rice. To ensure that their empire was safe, they sold rice continuously to other nations and empires, including China.


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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.


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Places they fought in the Vietnam War?

The big cities of SOUTH Vietnam never seen "much" fighting; other than the TET Offensive in 1968. During this offensive, the cities of Hue (pronounced WAY) and Saigon saw a lot of fighting. In particular, the city of Hue, because it was the closest to North Vietnam, it's just below the DMZ (17th parallel). Smaller towns (villages) were either wiped out or relocated and turned into "Free Fire Zones."


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Why did Nixon resume bombing of north Vietnam and mine the harbors of haiphong and other port?

That day arrived in the spring of 1972, when the North Vietnamese launched a large-scale conventional offensive in South Vietnam's northern provinces. The U.S., claiming that this was an "invasion of South Vietnam" and a "flagrant violation" of the 1968 bombing halt agreement, resumed bombing of North Vietnam and then, when the offensive continued and Hanoi did not agree to U.S. demands, escalated further the bombing and mined the country's principal port. For more information go to: http://www.us-foreign-policy-perspective.org/index.php?id=316 <---- I got my information from this website


Why did Nixon resume bombing of north Vietnam and mine the harbors of Haiphong and other ports?

That day arrived in the spring of 1972, when the North Vietnamese launched a large-scale conventional offensive in South Vietnam's northern provinces. The U.S., claiming that this was an "invasion of South Vietnam" and a "flagrant violation" of the 1968 bombing halt agreement, resumed bombing of North Vietnam and then, when the offensive continued and Hanoi did not agree to U.S. demands, escalated further the bombing and mined the country's principal port. For more information go to: http://www.us-foreign-policy-perspective.org/index.php?id=316 <---- I got my information from this website


When was champa rice introduced in china?

The Tang Dynasty (618-907) Vietnam had many successful tactics of growing different strains of rice. With their surplus of rice, many different countries wanted to invade them to know how Vietnam was so successful at growing rice. To ensure that their empire was safe, they sold rice continuously to other nations and empires, including China.