What was the difference between the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and the Vietcong?
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#63449. Asked by mementoflash. (Mar 13 06 1:27 PM)
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Basically the Vietcong were insurgents fighting from within South Vietnam and the NVA was the regular army attacking from the North. Vietcong refers mainly to a guerilla army (People's Liberation Armed Forces) which was the military arm of the National Liberation Front... which was the organistion of South Vietnamese dissident communists established and controlled by the north.
Some Vietnamese terms to satisfy the curious few who are interested in that lovely language. My apologies for the lack of tone and diacritical marks on these terms...the software just won't allow it!
Lists abound. Can you put in the item that goes between the two given? Roy G Biv would know the answer to "In the spectrum: Between red and yellow" is orange.
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