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The '''Vietcong''', or '''National Liberation Front''', was a Communist army in South Vietnam. They fought the government of [[South Vietnam]] and the US Army during the [[Vietnam War]] (1959-1975). The Vietcong is best known for the Tet offensive of 1968, in which they killed thousands of people.

The '''Vietcong''', or '''National Liberation Front''', was a Communist army that fought the governments of [[South Vietnam]] and the United States during the [[Vietnam War]] (1959-1975). The Vietcong is best known for the Tet offensive of 1968, in which they killed thousands of people. The offensive included an attack on the U.S. embassy in Saigon which received extended worldwide media attention.<ref>http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/viet-cong--attack-us-embassy</ref>

During the war, Communist propaganda insisted that the Vietcong was an insurgency indigenous to the South. Memoirs written after the war by Tran Van Tra and others reveal that this was a hoax. Nguyen Huu Tho, the group's chairman and token non-Communist, was a figurehead. The military commanders, including Tra himself, were North Vietnamese army officers who ignored Tho and the other civilian leaders. Strategy was determined by the Military Commission in Hanoi.  

During the war, Communist propaganda insisted that the Vietcong was an insurgency indigenous to the South. Memoirs written after the war by Tran Van Tra and others reveal that this was a hoax. Nguyen Huu Tho, the group's chairman and token non-Communist, was a figurehead. The military commanders, including Tra himself, were North Vietnamese army officers who ignored Tho and the other civilian leaders. Strategy was determined by the Military Commission in Hanoi.  

In the [[Massacre of Hue]], 2800-6000 civilians, include childen, were killed. An other war criminal was the [[Massacre of Dak Son]], it is not well known because the liberal media try to hush up the responsible of the Viet Cong. 1968 the guerilla attacked the U.S. Embassy.<ref>http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/viet-cong--attack-us-embassy</ref> 1977 the organization was resolved.  

Some 2800-6000 South Vietnamese were killed in the [[Massacre of Hue]]. The group was also responsible for the Dak Son Massacre, another war crime. It is not well known because the liberal media hushes up the crimes of the Vietcong.

 

The U.S. Congress, controlled by Democrats eager to get back at President Nixon, cut off funding to South Vietnam in August 1974.<ref>http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-cuts-military-aid-to-south-vietnam</ref> The South Vietnamese army ran out of ammunition and fuel soon afterward. The North Vietnamese marched into Saigon in April 1975. The Vietcong was dissolved in 1977.

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