Examine the reasons for a contribution of Guerrilla warfare to the outcome of one twentieth century war. The word guerrilla comes from the Spanish word ‘little war’‚ and involves a struggle between an established army and irregular forces. There are specific tactics that are employed by guerrilla fighters. Guerrilla warfare was used by the Viet Minh in the first Indochina war against the regular army of France. The guerrilla forces of Ho Chi Minh were fighting to rid Vietnam of Imperialistic powers
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Brownlee‚ Richard S. Gray Ghosts of the Confederacy: Guerrilla Warfare in the West 1861-1865. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press‚ 1986. When the Civil War started many people of this nation were not expecting the chaos‚ destruction‚ and they certainly did not expect the war to last so long. The history of the guerrilla warfare began shortly before the start of the Civil War and lasted a few years after the war. The guerrillas dominated Missouri to such an extent that the Union army
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Guerrillas in Arkansas During the American Civil War‚ there were such things called guerrillas. No‚ I am not talking about the muscular black creatures that hide in the jungle. Though that is exactly how the Confederate independent companies got there name. Where and when did guerrilla warfare begin? Who did it involve? Who were these so called guerrillas and what was there strategy? Did certain Military commanders in Arkansas make an impact on the use of guerrillas? What were the strategies that
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The 1970s saw the birth of two new guerrilla organizations‚ The Guerrilla Army of the Poor (EGP) and the Organization of the People in Arms (ORPA)‚ who began and intensified by the end of the seventies‚ guerrilla attacks that included urban and rural guerrilla warfare‚ mainly against the military and some of the civilian supporters of the army. In 1979‚ the U.S. president‚ Jimmy Carter‚ ordered a ban on all military aid to the Guatemalan Army because of the widespread and systematic abuse of human
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Guerrilla Warfare The term guerrilla (Spanish‚ "little war") originated in the early 19th century during the Peninsular war when‚ after the defeat of Spain’s regular forces‚ Spanish irregulars and civilians rose up against the French occupying forces. The practice of guerrilla warfare‚ however‚ dates from antiquity; for example‚ the Bible tells of the Israelite conquest of Canaan‚ led by Joshua‚ involving harassment and ambush of the enemy. Later Jewish resistance to foreign rule was expressed
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Guerilla Warfare: A type of military action using small mobile irregular forces to carry out surprise tactics against hostile regular forces. Guerilla Warfare was used for the first time in the Madrid Dos de Mayo Uprising (May 2‚ 1808). This tactic was widely used by the Viet Cong and North Vietnam Army in the Vietnam War. “Guerrilla warfare is the unconventional warfare and combat with which a small group of combatants use mobile tactics (ambushes‚ raids‚ etc.) to combat a larger and less mobile
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GUERRILLA RECRUITING TACTICS - Guerrilla recruiting is a style of recruiting that makes use of the tactics and strategies that have been used for centuries by warfare. According to Drucker (1998)‚ these tactics are highly focused form of recruiting that are fully integrated and driven by fundamental motives of the organization. These tactic are also typically deployed by an organization that is inferior both in numbers and tools against a larger and more mechanized competitor‚ but that is not always
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MODERN WARFARE A French View of Counterinsurgency by Roger Trinquier The views expressed in Modern Warfare are those of the author and not necessarily those of the Department of the Army or the Department of Defense. COMBAT STUDIES INSTITUTE U.S. ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE FORT LEAVENWORTH‚ KANSAS January 1985 91-5016 MODERN WARFARE A French View of Counterinsurgency Roger Trinquier Translated from the French by DANIEL LEE With an Introduction by BERNARD B. FALL PALL MALL PRESS
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How effective were the guerrilla tactics of the Viet Cong – History Plan * What tactics the Viet Cong used against US/ARVN troops. * How the Viet Cong dealt with the decisions made by the US troops. * How guerrilla tactics were better than those used by the US troops. * How the environment in Vietnam suited the Viet Cong and how it was a disadvantage for the US troops. * How the surroundings in Vietnam were an advantage to the Viet Cong. The Viet Cong had many tactics which they
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Looking to the east‚ the United States (US) Army faces a seemingly new threat; it is called “Hybrid Warfare”. In places like Ukraine‚ the South China Sea‚ and Iraq and Syria Hybrid Warfare has allowed America’s enemies to seize large areas with impunity. As such‚ the US Army must develop an effective way of countering this threat. Furthermore‚ because of the nature of Hybrid Warfare US Army Counterintelligence must be a part of the solution. Concurrently‚ issues such as under-manning‚ misuse
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