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Lessons of the Vietnam War on Guerrilla Warfare

Quick fact

During the Tet Offensive, Viet Cong forces attacked over 100 cities simultaneously, showcasing guerrilla warfare's ability to strike anywhere—yet the US military never lost a major battle, only the strategic war.

Why this is interesting

How did a small, agrarian nation like North Vietnam and its Viet Cong allies outlast the world's most powerful military? The answer is not in technology but in a radically different philosophy of war—one that turned the jungle and the people into weapons.