Battlefront Miniatures previews their upcoming Flames of War Vietnam Mekong supplement: For US armed forces in Vietnam, 1965 was a year of rapid expansion. A major communist offensive was narrowly defeated by the rapid deployment of Free World forces to the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam). It was quickly recognised that one of the major keys to the enemy’s success was the ability to supply the communist National Liberation Army via the waterways of the Mekong Delta. This allowed the armed forces of the National Liberation Front, also known by their enemies as the Việt Cộng; a contraction of Việt Nam Cộng-sản (Vietnamese communist), to move war supplies from the famous Ho Chi Minh Trail in neighboring Cambodia directly to the gates of Saigon, the nation’s capital.
While the South Vietnamese navy marginally patrolled the region, it was clearly not up to the task of stopping these supplies, let alone taking on the enemy’s armed forces directly. Reinforcements and a new approach would be needed to conquer the Mekong. Check the new vessels and more information over here.
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