1/72 Italeri Operation Silver Bayonet Vietnam War 1965 – Battle Set 6184

• Type: Diorama accessories
• Period: Vietnam
• SKILL: 3
• Box Dim.: 440 x 270 x 70 mm

The political-military escalation that happened in the 1960s in Southeast Asia has generated one of the longest and most complex conflicts in recent history. The United States supported the South Vietnamese government against the North Vietnamese regular troops flanked by the People’s Liberation Armed Forces, commonly known as Vietcong. The ground war started in 1965 and ended only ten years later with the fall of Saigon and the evacuation of the latest American soldiers. The long years of war, which started with an aerial campaign of bombing on North Vietnam, were characterized by clashes and fighting in a tough rural environment with vegetation and a structure of villages that provided ideal conditions for the guerrilla war. Unfortunately, a huge number of civilians were involved in the war and in military operations. The American military supremacy, which saw the massive use of helicopters and armored vehicles, was counterbalanced by the effective North Vietnamese and Vietcong tactics.