Rare Photos of the Vietnam War, Viet Cong Guerrillas Made Bashny.Net

Most of the photographs covering the Vietnam War, which ended 40 years ago, was made by Western military photojournalists and photographers of the South Vietnamese Army. However, not so long ago, the world saw the book «Another Vietnam: Pictures of the War from the Other Side» ( «Another Vietnam War scene on the other side of the conflict"), which contains photos taken by Viet Cong guerrillas and North Vietnamese Army soldiers. This book talks about the simple peasants who desperately fought and finally won one of the most powerful armies in the world.

Ret guerrillas in the forest Namkane, 1972. They hid the faces under masks to remain anonymous, and therefore - not be able to give each other under torture in the event of falling into captivity.



The guerrillas are on patrol at the outpost at the Vietnamese-Cambodian border, 1972.





Partisan is on patrol in the Mekong Delta, 1973. "During the war, women like it, could be found anywhere. During the 24 years she had twice widowed. Both her husband were soldiers. This woman embodied the ideal image of guerrillas, who went to great sacrifices for the sake of the country ", - says the photographer

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Partizan floats on the boat past the mangrove trees in the Mekong Delta, destroyed herbicide "Agent Orange", 1970. During the Vietnam War the US army used chemicals to destroy the vegetation, which could be hidden Viet Cong. The photographer was shocked by what he saw, because the mangroves served as a source of Vietnamese fish, which means food.





Medical examination of recruits in Haiphong, 1967. In 1973, the voluntary service in the army was replaced by compulsory military service, and all the men fit for service were called to the front. Army of North Vietnam has increased from 35 thousand in 1950 to over half a million in the mid-1970s.





Women pulled ashore heavy network in the upper reaches of the Mekong, 1974. On the women's shoulders lay the hard work, which men were engaged in earlier.





Vietnamese scour the wreckage of a downed American plane on the outskirts of Hanoi, 1972. To work around radars, the pilot was flying at low altitude above the treetops, so was shot down by small arms. The goal of the American planes were industrial sites in Hanoi, although most of the production has been evacuated to the countryside.





Vietcong face to face with the enemy, most likely, in the Mekong Delta. Rare undated picture, which depicted both sides:. The soldiers of the army of the Republic of Vietnam (in the background) and the Viet Cong (foreground)





Soldiers are trained to shoot at targets in Thanchi, September 1965. Even having the guns of World War II (as in this picture), the Vietnamese managed to damage and destroy dozens of American planes.





Builders discussing the repair of the damaged American bombing of the bridge over the river Ma Hamronge in North Vietnam, 1973.





Soldiers climb the Ho Chi Minh Trail in the mountains of Truong Son, 1966.





Lao guerrillas supplied food North Vietnamese Army near the road in southern №9 Loasa, March 1971.





The victim of the American bombing of the Cambodian guerrilla bear in a field hospital in the mangroves on the Cape Ca Mau, 15 September 1970. Photographer found shot unremarkable, so it was not printed.





Soldiers of the Army of North Vietnam near the strategically important road number 9 during the operation «Lam Son 719," which went down in history as an unsuccessful attempt to the South Vietnamese army to block the Ho Chi Minh Trail, 1972.





Shoes soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army, who got rid of uniforms to hide their status, dot the road on the outskirts of Saigon, April 30, 1975.





Residents of North and South Vietnam, who saw the survivors of the war and the reunification of their country, to get rid of foreign occupation, in May 1975.





: Fototelegraf.ru

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