Comments on: The Battle at Ap Bac Changed America’s View of the Vietnam War http://www.historynet.com/the-battle-at-ap-bac-changed-americas-view-of-the-vietnam-war.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:31:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Robert Brent http://www.historynet.com/the-battle-at-ap-bac-changed-americas-view-of-the-vietnam-war.htm/comment-page-1#comment-135758 Robert Brent Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:09:40 +0000 #comment-135758 Interesting article! The Batle of Ap Bac was, indeed, a portent of things to come. I've been contributing to a timeline of the Vietnam War at http://timelines.com/topics/vietnam-war, where there are videos and images associated with major events of the conflict. Our idea is to create an interactive historical record of anything and everything, based on specific events that combine to form timelines. We're trying to achieve a sort of user-created multimedia encyclopedia, in which no event is too big and no event is too small, and where everyone is free to contribute. Interesting article! The Batle of Ap Bac was, indeed, a portent of things to come. I’ve been contributing to a timeline of the Vietnam War at http://timelines.com/topics/vietnam-war, where there are videos and images associated with major events of the conflict.

Our idea is to create an interactive historical record of anything and everything, based on specific events that combine to form timelines. We’re trying to achieve a sort of user-created multimedia encyclopedia, in which no event is too big and no event is too small, and where everyone is free to contribute.

]]> By: Don Clarke http://www.historynet.com/the-battle-at-ap-bac-changed-americas-view-of-the-vietnam-war.htm/comment-page-1#comment-59510 Don Clarke Fri, 08 May 2009 15:41:15 +0000 #comment-59510 Ap Bac was a victory for the National Liberation Front because it showed their appreciation of the struggle as both a political & a military one. They abandonned the classic guerilla tactic of withdrawing in the face of overwhelming odds and inflicted a headline grabbing, morale sapping victory over the US forces & those of the corrupt regime in Saigon. The patriotic Viet Minh had fought the French colonialists, then the Japanese invaders & again the French who used released Japanese POWs (!) until the US stepped in with military aid. The Hanoi government was reluctant to commit support to the NLF until Ap Bac showed them that effective resistance in the South (apart from being a patriotic duty) was a credible route to national independence for the whole country. Ap Bac was a victory for the National Liberation Front because it showed their appreciation of the struggle as both a political & a military one. They abandonned the classic guerilla tactic of withdrawing in the face of overwhelming odds and inflicted a headline grabbing, morale sapping victory over the US forces & those of the corrupt regime in Saigon. The patriotic Viet Minh had fought the French colonialists, then the Japanese invaders & again the French who used released Japanese POWs (!) until the US stepped in with military aid. The Hanoi government was reluctant to commit support to the NLF until Ap Bac showed them that effective resistance in the South (apart from being a patriotic duty) was a credible route to national independence for the whole country.

]]> By: George Porter http://www.historynet.com/the-battle-at-ap-bac-changed-americas-view-of-the-vietnam-war.htm/comment-page-1#comment-12244 George Porter Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:08:52 +0000 #comment-12244 If the communist spies were the victors at Ap Bac, why did they announce their victory from Cambodia? If the communist spies were the victors at Ap Bac, why did they announce their victory from Cambodia?

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