What connects the vietnam conflict and the name "charlie"?

Answer 1

CHARLIE sheen starred in "platoon"...a movie about vietnam.

Answer 2

Charlie were the VC or Viet-Cong guerilla fighters in Vietnam. The military uses the phonetic alphabet and VC is pronounced Victor Charlie.

In Vietnam, the US military fought two forces: the NVA regulars (North Vietnamese Army) and the VC. The VC were guerilla combatants supported by the north, but living and attacking in the south. They often used the "Ho Chi Minh trail" through Cambodia and Laos to go around the border between North and South Vietnam and transport supplies into South Vietnam. At first, US politicians refused to allow the military to attack that trail because it didn't want to spread the war to Laos and Cambodia. Then they allowed the military to conduct interdiction attacks on the trail, but still publicly denied they were doing it.

The US military devastated the NVA at every battle, and while strictly combat-wise, they won against the VC, the US struggled to cut off supplies and stop their attacks in South Vietnam. "Charlie" used "asymmetric" warfare tactics, which is why some people try to draw a parallel to insurgents in Iraq. It's also why PTSD victims became paranoid that "Charlie" was everywhere because they looked just like normal civilians in the South until they pulled out a bomb or something.

Answer 3

The Vietnam War was a military conflict in present day Vietnam occurring from 1959 to April 30, 1975. The conflict was a successful effort by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV or North Vietnam) and the indigenous National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam, (also known as the Việt Cộng, or more informally as the "Charlie", "Victor Charlie" or "Cong") to unify Vietnam as a communist state, defeating the South Vietnamese Republic of Vietnam (RVN). To a degree, the Vietnam War was a "proxy war" between the U.S. and its Western allies on the side of the RVN, with the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China supporting the DRV on the other. As a result of this it is often considered part of the Cold War.

Answer 4

Andrew has it right

The military uses the Phonetic Alphabet to spell letters to stop any confusion between similar sounding letters. B could be misheard as C, but Bravo cannot be mistaken for Charlie P could be misheard as T but Papa cannot be mistaken for Tango.

The Viet Cong where shortened to VC by the American army. In the phonetic alphabet this becomes Victor Charlie. This of course was shortened to Charlie by the U.S. soldiers when they where referring to the Viet Cong.

Answer 5

Charlie is what the North Vietnamese were called by American troops. Spend any time with a Vietnam vet, and you'll probably hear the expression used.

Answer 6

The Viet Cong were referred to in code as V.C. or Victor Charlie. The troops cut it short, and used Charlie. In some zones of combat, Charlie was so completely in charge of the field, that "he" was referred to as Mr. Charles or Mr. C.

(Wow! A historically correct answer and someone votes me a thumbs down. Just goes to show the level of maturity and education of some folks.)

Answer 7

Charlie Everywhere

Answer 8

The military uses a phonetic alphabet (to spell out non standard names or locations) for its radio traffic. For example, the letter A is referred to as "ALPHA", the letter B is referred to as "BRAVO" etc... The Viet Cong or VC were referred to as "CHARLIE" as a shortcut because that is the phonetic alphabet for the Viet Cong was "VICTOR CHARLIE" or CHARLIE for short.

Answer 9

I believe it goes like this. In the phonetic alphabet, used by the military, "C", as in V.C. is Charlie. Therefore, VC are Charlie. Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, etc.

Answer 10

The enemy supporting the Communists was the Viet Cong ("V. C." or Victor Charlie) This got shortened to "Charlie" for short.

Answer 11

because of the fact he had extra effective issues to do! LMAO at people who're annoying a source for this actuality approximately Cheney. The source is that this has been straight forward wisdom for some years ever considering that he entered public existence.