![]() ![]() In his message to the Tricontinental Conference, Che Guevara called for creating "two, three many Vietnams." to fight imperialism in the southern hemisphere. Defending the combat base were American and South Vietnamese Special Forces, Nung and Bru ( Montagnard) irregulars and militia forces. The PAVN bombarded a Special Forces Civilian Irregular Defense Group camp at Khe Sanh Combat Base near the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) with 120mm mortars, the heaviest weapon they had used in the war. The operation resulted in 114 VC and three U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade and the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR) in the Plain of Reeds, Mekong Delta. Operation Marauder was conducted by the U.S. " The Ballad of the Green Berets" by Staff sergeant Barry Sadler is released. ![]() In later years the "Gavin Plan" would become known as "light at the top, heavy at the bottom" reflecting the population concentration of South Vietnam. This strategy was designed not to achieve victory, but rather to create a stalemate forcing the PAVN/VC to seek a negotiated solution. ![]() forces would defend coastal enclaves where most of the population and economic activity was concentrated and act as a strategic reserve, leaving the ARVN to fight the PAVN/VC further inland. Gavin proposed an enclave strategy where U.S. Writing in Harper's Magazine retired U.S. ![]() warplanes had been announced by President Johnson on 24 December and remained in effect. : 63 A pause in the bombing of North Vietnam by U.S. estimated the number of Viet Cong (VC) and PAVN soldiers in South Vietnam at nearly 280,000 by June 1966, including part-time guerrillas. Group 559, charged with transporting supplies down the Ho Chi Minh Trail to supply PAVN troops in both South Vietnam and Laos, numbered 24,400 personnel. 50,000 PAVN cadre and soldiers infiltrated South Vietnam during 1965. : 36 The North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) numbered 400,000, most still in North Vietnam. : 149 South Vietnamese military forces totaled 514,000 including the army (ARVN) and the Regional Force and Popular Force (the "Ruff-Puffs") militias. military personnel in South Vietnam totaled 184,300. A map of South Vietnam showing provincial boundaries and names and military zones: 1, II, III, and IV Corps.Īt the beginning of 1966, the number of U.S. ![]()
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