Viet Cong Emergence

• The Viet Cong was mainly made up of communists from the north taking orders from Ho Chi Minh
• Peasants who didn't support the Viet Cong faced violence
• The Viet Cong started a guerilla war against the South Vietnamese government
• the Viet Cong used the Ho Chi Minh trail to send supplies to fighters to attack the South Vietnamese Government
• In response to the Viet Cong, the USA moved their peasant villages from Viet Cong controlled areas to areas controlled by the South Vietnamese government
• what was the Strategic Hamlet program?


  when the South Vietnamese government moved peasant villages from Viet Cong controlled areas to South Vietnamese controlled areas
• The Americans helped with the strategic hamlet program by supplying money, food and equipment. This backfired because many officials were corrupt and kept the money meant for the villagers