Question

Define Ho Chi minh trail in five points

Answer 1

1)ho chi minh trail was a network of footpaths and roads which helped in the transport of goods and men from north vietnam to south vietnam via laos and combodia

2)goods were transported by trucks. Also by porters who were mainly women

3)they carried 25 kgs on their backs and 70 kgs on bicycles

4)US tried to disrupt supplies by bombing the trail multiple times

5)their efforts failed as these were rebuilt quickly.

Answer 2

1)the story of ho chi minh trail is one way of understanding the nature of the war that the vietnamese fought against th US.
2) the trail, an immense network of footpath and roads, was used to transport men and materials from the north to south.
3) the trail was improved from the late 1950s, and from 1967 about 20, 000 north vietnamese troops came south each month on this trail
4) most of the trail was outside vietnam in neighbouring Laos and campodia with branch lines extending into south vietnam.
5) the US regularly bombed this trail trying to distrupt supplies, but efforts to destroy this important supply line by intensive bombing failed because they were rebuilt vert quickly