... View of a Viet Cong female guerrilla fighter in the Cu Chi Tunnels during the Vietnam War between 1965 and 1967... often referred to as part of the "long-haired army".. they operated within an elaborate, 121km long underground tunnel network, playing crucial roles as messengers, and intelligence gatherers... many were also active combatants who engaged in direct fire, placed mines, and used improvised traps to fight opponents... they lived alongside men in cramped, dark, and hot underground tunnels, often cooking, treating the wounded, and sewing uniforms while dealing with constant threats... today, you can visit parts of this fascinating underground network to learn more about the war from a Vietnamese perspective and see how people survived in such difficult conditions... Thanks a lot Sam!【ツ】
Photo: Duong Thanh Phong
The Vietnam War was a long conflict in Southeast Asia. It began in 1954, after the country of Vietnam was split into two parts, North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam wanted to reunite the country under Communism, its political and economic system. South Vietnam fought to keep this from happening. The United States helped South Vietnam, but North Vietnam won the war in 1975. Soon Vietnam was a united, Communist country.
In the Vietnam War, millions of Vietnamese women served in the military and militias, particularly within the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (Viet Cong), inspired by the slogan, "when war comes, even the women must fight."
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hanoi
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