Viet Cong

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communist organization guerrilla movement insurgent organization paramilitary organization

The Viet Cong was a communist guerrilla force in South Vietnam that fought against the South Vietnamese and U.S. militaries, playing a central role in the broader struggle for Vietnamese reunification under communist rule.

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
National Liberation Front of South Vietnam 7
Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam 1
NLF 1
National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam 1
National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) 1
Viet Cong (for Khmer Rouge) 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf communist organization ⓘ
guerrilla movement ⓘ
insurgent organization ⓘ
paramilitary organization ⓘ
activeFrom 1960 ⓘ
activeUntil 1976 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Viet Cong ⓘ
surface form: Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam

Viet Cong ⓘ
surface form: NLF

National Liberation Front ⓘ
conflict Vietnam War ⓘ
surface form: Second Indochina War

Vietnam War ⓘ
country Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: South Vietnam
dissolvedAfter Fall of Saigon ⓘ
reunification of Vietnam in 1976 ⓘ
foundedBy Communist Party of Vietnam ⓘ
Lao People’s Revolutionary Party ⓘ
surface form: Lao Dong Party
goal overthrow of the South Vietnamese government ⓘ
reunification of Vietnam under communist rule ⓘ
headquartersLocation Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: South Vietnam
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
Vietnamese nationalism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
language Vietnamese ⓘ
mergedInto People's Army of Vietnam ⓘ
People's Army of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam People's Army
militaryTactic guerrilla warfare ⓘ
insurgency ⓘ
political assassination ⓘ
sabotage ⓘ
terrorist attacks ⓘ
use of tunnel systems ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Ap Bac ⓘ
Easter Offensive ⓘ
Tet Offensive ⓘ
notableOperation Tet Offensive ⓘ
surface form: Saigon attacks during Tet Offensive
opposedTo Army of the Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: South Vietnamese government

United States Armed Forces ⓘ
partOf Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam
recruitedFrom peasants in South Vietnam ⓘ
rural population of South Vietnam ⓘ
urban activists in South Vietnam ⓘ
region Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: South Vietnam
shortName VC ⓘ
supportedBy Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: North Vietnam

People's Army of Vietnam ⓘ
China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China

Soviet Union ⓘ
usedInfrastructure Cu Chi tunnels ⓘ
tunnel networks in South Vietnam ⓘ
usedWeapon AK-47 ⓘ
SKS rifle ⓘ
improvised explosive devices ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

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

Huynh Tan Phat → affiliatedWith → Viet Cong ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
Huynh Tan Phat → affiliatedWith → Viet Cong ⓘ
Viet Cong → alsoKnownAs → Viet Cong ⓘ
this entity surface form: NLF
Viet Cong → alsoKnownAs → Viet Cong ⓘ
this entity surface form: Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam
Battle of Hue → belligerent → Viet Cong ⓘ
Operation Starlite → belligerent → Viet Cong ⓘ
Tet Offensive → belligerent → Viet Cong ⓘ
Vietnam War → conflictBetween → Viet Cong ⓘ
Vietnam War → hasParticipant → Viet Cong ⓘ
Fall of Saigon → mainAttackers → Viet Cong ⓘ
Huynh Tan Phat → memberOf → Viet Cong ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
Huynh Tan Phat → memberOf → Viet Cong ⓘ
Nguyen Thi Binh → memberOf → Viet Cong ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
Battle of Hue → opponent → Viet Cong ⓘ
Cambodian Civil War → opponent → Viet Cong ⓘ
Thieu → opposedBy → Viet Cong ⓘ
subject surface form: Nguyen Van Thieu
this entity surface form: National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
Republic of Vietnam → opposedBy → Viet Cong ⓘ
subject surface form: Nguyen Van Thieu
this entity surface form: National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
this entity surface form: National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Binh → represented → Viet Cong ⓘ
Nguyen Thi Binh → represented → Viet Cong ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam
this entity surface form: National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
this entity surface form: National Liberation Front (Viet Cong)
Viet Minh → successor → Viet Cong ⓘ
Cambodian Civil War → supportedBy → Viet Cong ⓘ
this entity surface form: Viet Cong (for Khmer Rouge)