National Liberation Front

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communist organization guerrilla organization insurgent group political organization

The National Liberation Front, commonly known as the Viet Cong, was a communist-led guerrilla and political organization in South Vietnam that fought against the South Vietnamese and U.S. forces during the Vietnam War.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
National Liberation Front canonical	2
NLF	1
National Liberation Front (Vietnam)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	communist organization ⓘ guerrilla organization ⓘ insurgent group ⓘ political organization ⓘ
alliedWith	People's Army of Vietnam ⓘ surface form: North Vietnamese Army People's Army of Vietnam ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	National Liberation Front ⓘ surface form: NLF Viet Cong ⓘ surface form: National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Viet Cong ⓘ
armedStruggleStart	early 1960s ⓘ
conflict	Vietnam War ⓘ
country	South Vietnam ⓘ
dissolved	1977 ⓘ
foughtAgainst	Army of the Republic of Vietnam ⓘ Australian Defence Force ⓘ surface form: Australian forces New Zealand forces ⓘ Republic of Korea Armed Forces (operationally associated) ⓘ surface form: South Korean forces Armed Forces of Thailand ⓘ surface form: Thai forces United States Armed Forces ⓘ
founded	1960 ⓘ
foundedIn	South Vietnam ⓘ
goal	overthrow the government of South Vietnam ⓘ reunification of Vietnam under communist rule ⓘ
headquartersLocation	South Vietnam ⓘ
ideology	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ communism ⓘ
influencedBy	Ho Chi Minh ⓘ Vietnamese communism ⓘ
language	Vietnamese ⓘ
mergedInto	Vietnam Fatherland Front ⓘ
militaryWing	People's Liberation Armed Forces of South Vietnam ⓘ
notableEvent	Tet Offensive ⓘ
opposedTo	Republic of Vietnam ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
parentOrganization	Lao Dong Party ⓘ surface form: Workers' Party of Vietnam
participatedIn	Easter Offensive ⓘ Tet Offensive ⓘ
partOf	Viet Cong ⓘ
politicalWingOf	Viet Cong ⓘ
region	South Vietnam ⓘ
religion	officially atheist ⓘ
roleInHistory	key communist insurgent force in the Vietnam War ⓘ
supportedBy	Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ surface form: North Vietnam China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China Soviet Union ⓘ
usedTactics	guerrilla warfare ⓘ insurgency ⓘ terrorism ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Viet Cong → alsoKnownAs → National Liberation Front ⓘ

Robert K. Brigham → hasWrittenAbout → National Liberation Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Liberation Front (Vietnam)

Strategic Hamlet Program → opponent → National Liberation Front ⓘ

National Liberation Front → alsoKnownAs → National Liberation Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: NLF