Đường Trường Sơn

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Đường Trường Sơn is the Vietnamese name for the Ho Chi Minh Trail, a strategic network of supply routes used by North Vietnam during the Vietnam War to transport troops and materials through Laos and Cambodia.

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Đường Trường Sơn canonical 1
đường Trường Sơn 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ho Chi Minh Trail
logistical system
military supply route network
alsoKnownAs Ho Chi Minh Trail
associatedWith North Vietnamese logistics
communist forces in Indochina
controlledBy General Directorate of Transportation of North Vietnam
People's Army of Vietnam
country North Vietnam
era Cold War
follows Trường Sơn mountain range
geographicalFeature mountain trail network
hasComponent footpaths
pipeline segments
river transport routes
road routes
truck routes
languageOfName Vietnamese
literalMeaning Trường Sơn Road
locatedIn Cambodia
Laos
Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
namedAfter Hồ Chí Minh
linked to: Ho Chi Minh
notableFor extensive camouflage and engineering works
resilience under heavy bombing
opposedBy South Vietnam
United States
passesThrough Annamite Range
purpose support insurgency in South Vietnam
transport military supplies
transport troops
region Southeast Asia
significantPeriod 1960s
early 1970s
startDate late 1950s
strategicImportance main supply line from North Vietnam to South Vietnam
targetOf Operation Commando Hunt
Operation Rolling Thunder
United States bombing campaigns
timePeriod 1959–1975
usedBy Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Viet Cong
usedFor infiltration of personnel into South Vietnam
movement of ammunition
movement of food and fuel
movement of weapons
usedInConflict Vietnam War

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Ho Chi Minh Trail alsoKnownAs Đường Trường Sơn
Truong Son Street alternativeNameLanguage đường Trường Sơn
linked to: Đường Trường Sơn