Nationalist Movement in Indo – China Notes

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16. THE HO-CHI-MINH TRAIL

  • It symbolizes how the Vietnamese used their limited resources to great advantage.
  • The trail, an immense network of footpath and the roads were used to transport men and material from North-South.
  • The trail had support bases and hospitals along the way.
  • In some parts supplies were transported in trucks, but mostly the supplies were carried by the porters, mostly women carried 25kg on their back or 70kg on their bicycles.
  • The US regularly bombed the trail to disrupt the supplies, but the intensive bombing failed because they were rebuilt very quickly.

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