What different tactics were used by both sides in an attempt to win the conflict in Vietnam between 1956 and 1968?

... Sam Coleman MAU 12/7/2001 What different tactics were used by both sides in an attempt to win the conflict in Vietnam between 1956 and 1968? The U.S.A expected an easy victory in Vietnam. The US president Johnson had access to vast financial resources and the latest in technology, and of course they were fighting a third world country that had no such resources or money. The VC/NVA expected to win because they had already defeated the French and Japanese using guerrilla tactics and therefore expected to defeat the U.S.A. The war was being fought in Vietnam; therefore the VC/NVA had a better knowledge and experience of fighting in the forest area and environment, gained from conflicts against the French, as well as the support from their fellow Vietnamese. Knowledge of the forest was particularly helpful as the US troops were inexperienced at fighting in this environment. As the war developed, both sides

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