Ho Chi Minh Trail

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | 490 words | Copyright

Ho Chi Minh Trail a network of trails through eastern Laos and Cambodia into South Vietnam, encompassing over 12,500 miles (20,000 kilometers). It was named by the U.S. media after Ho Chi Minh. The trails were used by National Liberation Front (NLF) and Communist troops of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War to supply North Vietnamese troops and local NLF guerrillas throughout South Vietnam. Much of the Ho Chi Minh Trail is now incorporated into the road systems of Laos and Cambodia.

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