13 Facts About Viet Cong

The Viet Cong called for the unification of Vietnam and the overthrow of the American backed South Vietnamese government.

In 1969, the Viet Cong created the "Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam", abbreviated PRG.

The Saigon-Cholon Peace Committee, the first Viet Cong front, was founded in 1954 to provide leadership for this group.

Viet Cong argued adamantly that war with the United States was necessary to achieve unification.

In June 1958, the Viet Cong created a command structure for the eastern Mekong Delta.

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The Viet Cong created the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam in December 1960 at Tan Lap village in Tay Ninh as a "united front", or political branch intended to encourage the participation of non-communists.

The Viet Cong won its first military victory against South Vietnamese forces at Ap Bac in January 1963.

Viet Cong entered the cities concealed among civilians returning home for Tet.

The Viet Cong used any available tactic to demoralize and intimidate the population, including the assassination of South Vietnamese commanders.

The breakup of larger Viet Cong units increased the effectiveness of the CIA's Phoenix Program, which targeted individual leaders, as well as the Chieu Hoi Program, which encouraged defections.

Viet Cong created an urban front in 1968 called the Alliance of National, Democratic, and Peace Forces.

Activists opposing American involvement in Vietnam said that the Viet Cong was a nationalist insurgency indigenous to the South.

The official Vietnamese history of the war states that "The Liberation Army of South Vietnam [Viet Cong] is a part of the People's Army of Vietnam".