The NVA and Viet Cong

by Kenneth J. Conboy and Ken Conboy, Ken and Bowra

Book Overview

In 1940 Japan placed Vietnam under military occupation, restricting the local French administration to a figurehead authority. Seizing the opportunity, the Communists organised a Vietnamese independence league, the Viet Minh, whose armed forces became known as the PAVN (more commonly known to the West as the Vietcong, or NVA) and prepared to launch an uprising against the French at the war's end. This text details the history, organisation and uniforms...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1855321629
• ISBN13: 9781855321625
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.2" x 9.7"