Dragon

Dragon 3304 Viet Cong

Viet Cong - Image 1
Scale: 1:35
Manufacturer: Dragon
Product code: dra3304
Availability: out of stock
Last available: 12.10.2018
$12.34 or 7500 pts.

Includes 0% VAT
when shipping to the country: United States
To change the country click here

If this item is currently unavailable, enter your e-mail address below to receive an automatic notification when it is back in stock!

Is it possible to back order an item that is not listed on the website, or that is listed as "unavailable"?

Basic information

ManufacturerDragon
Product codedra3304
Weight:0.11 kg
Scale1:35
Added to catalog on:10.30.2004
Tags:Viet-Cong Vietnam-War-1964-1975

Vietcong (Pol. Vietkong) is a colloquial name applied to units and soldiers National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War of 1964 / 1965-1975. Applying some simplification, it can be assumed that The Vietcongu was a kind of successor to the Vietnamese partisans called Viet Minh, which fought for the liberation of Vietnam from French colonial domination in 1945-1954 and which inflicted a humiliating defeat to the French army at the Battle of Dien Bien Pho. Vietcong, formally established in 1954, conducted sabotage and partisan activities in South Vietnam, aiming at the unification of the two Vietnamese states. In this way, he implemented the policy of the communist government of North Vietnam. It became active especially in the period 1964-1968, i.e. at the beginning of the American intervention in Vietnam, when its ranks probably numbered several hundred thousand people! In 1968, Vietcong conducted the so-called the Tet offensive, which was aimed at taking over important cities in South Vietnam. Despite the military defeat and repelling almost all of its attacks, the Vietcong was a propaganda success. However, he suffered such enormous losses in its course that he was forced to reduce the scale of his actions until the end of the conflict.

The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War (called the Vietnam War), was fought from 1964 (events in the Gulf of Tonkin) or from 1965 (the landing of the first, larger American forces in Vietnam) until 1975, i.e. until the occupation of South Vietnam through North Vietnam. The opponents in this war were, on the one hand, the United States, supporting its ally, i.e. South Vietnam and North Vietnam, along with the communist Vietcong guerrillas, supported (in one way or another) by the PRC and the USSR. Assume that at one time, at the maximum, North Vietnam involved about 690,000 soldiers in the conflict, Vietcong - about 200,000 people, while the United States reached the peak of its involvement in 1969, when Vietnam had about 540,000 American soldiers. The immediate cause of the conflict was the claims and ambitions of North Vietnam to take power and control over its southern neighbor, which the United States could not and did not want to agree to. The Vietnam War was an excellent example of a guerrilla war, in which the highly advanced technological armed forces of the USA suffered considerable losses and finally lost in the clash with the armed forces incomparably worse. It is worth adding that from a purely military point of view, the US troops were able to inflict huge losses on their opponent (e.g. the Tet offensive of 1968), but on the so-called The "home front" completely lost it. It is often assumed that the Vietnam War was lost by the US primarily because of tensions in American society, its reluctance to do so, and the inability of the US establishment to provide a convincing justification for it. The Vietnam War finally ended in 1975 with a complete defeat of the United States, which was forced to withdraw from Vietnam and come to terms with the unification of Vietnam by the communist government in Hanoi. The prestige of this country in the international arena has also decreased significantly for some time.

Mistake in the description? Report problem
Customer reviews
Add a review of: Viet Cong
...
Added to catalog on: 10.30.2004
Availability: out of stock
  • item available
  • item unavailable
  • item available on request
  • delivery
  • unavailable
  • 1 pcs.
  • 2 pcs.
  • 3-5 pcs.
  • 6-10 pcs.
  • above 10 pcs.
Is it possible to back order an item that is not listed on the website, or that is listed as "unavailable"?
Recommended additions

Scale: 1:35
Manufacturer: CMK
Product code: CMK6009
Availability: 2-8 weeks

$6.88 or 4200 pts.

Scale: 1:35
Manufacturer: OKB Grigorov
Product code: OKB-W35013
Availability: on request

$12.94 or 7900 pts.

Similar items

Scale: 1:35
Manufacturer: Callsign Models
Product code: CLL-35078
Availability: in stock!

$14.23 or 8700 pts.

-25%

Scale: 1:35
Manufacturer: Legend
Product code: LEG-LF0036
Availability: in stock!

$10.41 $7.80
or 6400 pts.

Scale: 1:35
Manufacturer: Master Box
Product code: mbx35241
Availability: in stock!

$16.07 or 9800 pts.

-25%

Scale: 1:35
Manufacturer: Callsign Models
Product code: CLL-35048
Availability: in stock!

$14.23 $10.64
or 8700 pts.

-25%

Scale: 1:35
Manufacturer: Black Dog
Product code: BLD-F35129
Availability: in stock!

$20.34 $15.23
or 12400 pts.

-25%

Scale: 1:35
Manufacturer: Black Dog
Product code: BLD-F35130
Availability: in stock!

$20.34 $15.23
or 12400 pts.

-25%

Scale: 1:35
Manufacturer: Black Dog
Product code: BLD-F35128
Availability: in stock!

$36.72 $27.51
or 22400 pts.

-25%

Scale: 1:35
Manufacturer: Echelon Fine Details
Product code: ECH-D356269
Availability: in stock!

$21.52 $16.12
or 13100 pts.

Scale: 1:35
Manufacturer: Master Box
Product code: mbx35238
Availability: in stock!

$18.76 or 11400 pts.

Scale: 1:35
Manufacturer: Callsign Models
Product code: CLL-35009
Availability: in stock!

$11.85 or 7200 pts.

Scale: 1:35
Manufacturer: Gecko Models
Product code: GEC35GM0110
Availability: in stock!

$21 or 12800 pts.

Scale: 1:35
Manufacturer: Master Box
Product code: mbx3599
Availability: in stock!

$19.77 or 12100 pts.