Đường Trường Sơn
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Đường Trường Sơn is the Vietnamese name for the Ho Chi Minh Trail, a strategic network of supply routes used by North Vietnam during the Vietnam War to transport troops and materials through Laos and Cambodia.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ho Chi Minh Trail
ⓘ
logistical system ⓘ military supply route network ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Ho Chi Minh Trail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
North Vietnamese logistics
ⓘ
communist forces in Indochina ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
General Directorate of Transportation of North Vietnam
NERFINISHED
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People's Army of Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | North Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| follows | Trường Sơn mountain range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicalFeature | mountain trail network ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
footpaths
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pipeline segments ⓘ river transport routes ⓘ road routes ⓘ truck routes ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Vietnamese ⓘ |
| literalMeaning | Trường Sơn Road ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cambodia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laos NERFINISHED ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form:
Vietnam
|
| namedAfter | Hồ Chí Minh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
extensive camouflage and engineering works
ⓘ
resilience under heavy bombing ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
South Vietnam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough | Annamite Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
support insurgency in South Vietnam
ⓘ
transport military supplies ⓘ transport troops ⓘ |
| region | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| significantPeriod |
1960s
ⓘ
early 1970s ⓘ |
| startDate | late 1950s ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | main supply line from North Vietnam to South Vietnam ⓘ |
| targetOf |
Operation Commando Hunt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Operation Rolling Thunder NERFINISHED ⓘ United States bombing campaigns ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1959–1975 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Viet Cong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
infiltration of personnel into South Vietnam
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movement of ammunition ⓘ movement of food and fuel ⓘ movement of weapons ⓘ |
| usedInConflict | Vietnam War ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Ho Chi Minh Trail