The infamous and ingenious Ho Chi Minh Trail - Cameron Paterson
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The Ho Chi Minh Trail not only connected North and South Vietnam during a brutal war but also aided Vietnamese soldiers. The trail shaved nearly five months of time off of the trip and was used as a secret weapon of sorts. Cameron Paterson describes the history and usage of the infamous trail.
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Vietnam War: Bombing the Ho Chi Minh Trail
A short clip of American forces bombing the Ho Chi Minh trail during the Vietnam War.
Ho Chi Minh TUNNELS - THE VIETNAMESE BATTLEFEILD
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RIDING VIETNAM'S HO CHI MINH TRAIL! Adventure Oz
We are on day 3 of the top Gear tour with Vietnam Motorbike Tours, 10 days of pure bucket list riding. And today it's the Ho Chi Minh trail, arguably the best riding of the trip with endless corners through epic mountain scenery. It's time to see the real Vietnam! A misty morning in Khe Sanh, we head off to for fuel and to meet the locals. The Vietnamese love their soppy love songs so our guys indulge in a bit of early morning romance.
Helmet on, it's time to see the real Vietnam and the Ho Chi Minh trail! Whether it's a back road or the main highway, we often have to share the road with these guys. These characters usually spectate but sometimes hit the road too with Vietnam Motorbike Tours. In terms of pure riding enjoyment, today promises to be the best riding of the trip on the Ho Chi Minh trai. Even if we are still being stalked by this suspicious character. Vietnam Motorbike Tours is heading for the Western Ho Chi Minh Trail, a concrete-slab road that twists through misty mountains, thick jungle, blue rivers, and isolated ethnic minority hamlets. Countless corners, a grippy surface and barely any other traffic... it's a rider's dream come true. The Ho Chi Minh trail was a complex network of trails and roads built by the north Vietnamese to move men and equipment during the war. The USA later said it was one of the great achievements of military engineering of the 20th century, because the trail was able to effectively supply troops despite the most intense bombing campaign in history, with bombs dropping on average every seven minutes along the trail.
The western Ho Chi Minh trail carved its way through very difficult terrain in one of the most remote areas. It was also the most heavily bombed part of the network.
Originally the Ho Chi Minh trail used existing foot tracks that had existed for centuries. Equipment was lugged on people's backs, heavily loaded bicycles, or oxcarts. But as the war escalated the north Vietnamese rapidly developed road networks and fleets of trucks. Bases provided food, housing, medical care, and guides to the next way-station. In 1965, the Ho Chi Minh trail involved 24,000 men, six truck transportation battalions, two bicycle transportation battalions, a boat transportation battalion, eight engineer battalions, and 45 liaison stations. Everything was concealed by dense forest and also man-made camouflage. The concrete slab highway we are riding on is relatively recent. The western Ho Chi Minh trail is seen as an important part of Vietnam's history so even though this road has very little traffic the government has spent a lot of money on a lasting quality road. And it's all a massive bonus for Vietnam Motorbike Tours. It's a rugged beautiful part of Vietnam and we stop regularly at places like this waterfall to soak it all in. All this cornering is hard work and builds up a big hunger. Time for Lunch.
Occasionally as we ride through villages it looks as though there's money on the road. As a starving Youtube vlogger I'm very tempted to stop and grab handfuls of cash but I don't want to drop behind the group too much. I finally found out at this brief stop when our Vietnam Motorbike Tours guides explained. Talking about our guides, our Vietnam Motorbike Tourssupport crew were incredibly helpful throughout the trip. Cooking lunch, running errands, making sure everyone was happy. And it went beyond supporting us, they would even support transport trucks up steep climbs. Mind you they are cheeky bastards too. Crazy sense of humour, little practical jokes, complete nutters. Mind you we gave as good as we got and Bao would often find someone had pulled his spark plug cap off as payback. Usual suspect? Toby Price no doubt. Let's chat with the ladies and see how the trip is going so far.
So that was the western Ho Chi Minh trail. Later that night we tried to estimate how many corners we did, with guesses between a gazillion and a bazillion. And maybe seven straight bits. And all through some epic mountain scenery. Much of Vietnam has these limestone mountains that have eroded into these very distinctive shapes. It also tends to form caves and we'll be checking out some of the incredible cave systems later with Vietnam Motorbike Tours.
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The Ho Chi Minh Trail is full of surprises!
We take the ho chi minh trail from Da Nang until some medium sized village up north where we spend the night. It's a lot of riding in a day!
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Mit dem Motorrad durch Vietnam - von Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt (Saigon) nach Hanoi.
Teil 16: Fahrt auf dem Ho-Chi-Minh Trail.
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Ho Chi Minh - The Vietnam War
The Geneva Peace conference divides Vietnam into North & South. With the North being ruled by Ho Chi Minh, the American leaders view him as a communist threat.
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Battlefield: Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh Trail (SP)
Another fun, nostalgic jungle battle. Prequel to the 'Cambodian Incursion' mission.
Blood Road: Bomb Craters on the Ho Chi Minh Trail (4K)
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During Rebecca Rusch's journey along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, Rebecca witnessed the enormous threat of unexploded ordnance (UXO) contamination that plagues much of Southeast Asia, especially Laos. This scene cut from her documentary, Blood Road, showcases the impact and destruction the Vietnam War caused.
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Road trip: Hoi An to Kontum along the Ho Chi Minh Trail
The Ho Chi Minh Trail was the supply line to Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops fighting US-backed South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. These days it's a major highway - the Ho Chi Minh Highway. I just travelled from Hoi An to Kontum along the route, crossing mountain passes and waterfalls. We also visited the former US base at Dat To - scene of major battles during the war.
HO CHI MINH TRAIL - Vietnam archive footage Red Light Bandit
Red Light Bandit perspective - HO CHI MINH TRAIL.
Ho Chi Minh Campaign .
The Hồ Chí Minh trail (also known in Vietnam as the Trường Sơn trail) was a logistical system that ran from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) to the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) through the neighboring kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia. The system provided support, in the form of manpower and materiel, to the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (called the Vietcong or VC by its opponents) and the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), or North Vietnamese Army, during the Vietnam War.
Motorbiking Vietnam... Adventures Along the Ho Chi Minh Trail (Final)
Motorbiking Vietnam depicts an impromptu non-scripted motorcycle adventure from Saigon to Hanoi by two friends who share a passion for adventure, travel, photography and motorcycles.
Vietnam War Combat Footage: Bombing the Ho Chi Minh Trail
Behind the scenes on the bombing of the Ho Chi Minh Trail during the Vietnam War.
HO CHI MINH TRAIL - Vietnam War Stories (MACV-SOG)
HO CHI MINH TRAIL - Vietnam War Stories (MACV-SOG)
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The Ho Chi Minh Trail was more than just a trail rather it was a series of trails, with some sections as large as highways. The Ho Chi Minh Trail was used by the North Vietnamese as a route for their troops to get into South Vietnam. In addition they used this trail as a supply route for weapons, ammunition, food, etc.
The Ho Chin Minh Trail ran along the Cambodia and Vietnam borders and was covered almost completely by jungles. The trail was over 1,000km in total and consisted of many parts.
The famous special operations group MACV-SOG was tasked with the mission of unraveling the secrets of the mysterious Ho Chi Minh Trail. In this podcast episode we spoke with Vietnam Author, Jason Economos who gives us a complete background of MACV-SOG as well as the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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Ho Chi Minh: Bio, Vietnam War, Book, Facts, Education, Ideology, Legacy (2000)
Hồ Chí Minh (19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), born Nguyễn Sinh Côn, or Nguyễn Sinh Cung, also known as Nguyễn Tất Thành and Nguyễn Ái Quốc, was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader. About the book:
He was prime minister (1945–55) and president (1945–69) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). He was a key figure in the foundation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, as well as the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Việt Cộng (NLF or VC) during the Vietnam War.
He led the Việt Minh independence movement from 1941 onward, establishing the Communist-ruled Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 and defeating the French Union in 1954 at the battle of Điện Biên Phủ. He officially stepped down from power in 1965 due to health problems, but remained a highly visible figurehead and inspiration for those Vietnamese fighting for his cause—a united, communist Vietnam—until his death. After the war, Saigon, the former capital of the Republic of Vietnam, was renamed Hồ Chí Minh City; however, the name Saigon is still very widely used.
In 1911, while working as the cook's helper on a ship, Nguyễn traveled to the United States. From 1912–13, he lived in New York City (Harlem) and Boston, where he worked as a baker at the Parker House Hotel. Among a series of menial jobs, he claimed to have worked for a wealthy family in Brooklyn between 1917–18, and for General Motors as a line manager. It is believed that, while in the United States, he made contact with Korean nationalists, an experience that developed his political outlook.
At various points between 1913 and 1919, Nguyễn lived in West Ealing, and later in Crouch End, Hornsey. He reportedly worked as either a chef or dish washer [reports vary] at the Drayton Court Hotel in West Ealing.[11] It is claimed that Nguyễn trained as a pastry chef under Auguste Escoffier at the Carlton Hotel in the Haymarket, Westminster, but there is no evidence to support this.[10][12] However, the wall of New Zealand House, home of the New Zealand High Commission, which now stands on the site of the Carlton Hotel, displays a blue plaque, stating that Nguyễn worked there in 1913 as a waiter. Nguyễn was also employed as a pastry boy on the Newhaven–Dieppe ferry route in 1913.
From 1919–23, while living in France, Nguyễn began to show an interest in politics, being influenced by his friend and Socialist Party of France comrade Marcel Cachin. Nguyễn claimed to have arrived in Paris from London in 1917, but the French police only had documents recording his arrival in June 1919.[10] He joined a group of Vietnamese nationalists in Paris whose leaders were Phan Chu Trinh and Phan Văn Trường, bearing a new name Nguyễn Ái Quốc (Nguyễn the Patriot). Following World War I, the group petitioned for recognition of the civil rights of the Vietnamese people in French Indochina to the Western powers at the Versailles peace talks, but was ignored.[15] Citing the language and the spirit of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, they expected U.S. President Woodrow Wilson to help remove the French colonial rule from Vietnam and ensure the formation of a new, nationalist government. Although they were unable to obtain consideration at Versailles, the failure further radicalized Nguyễn, while also making him a symbol of the anti-colonial movement at home in Vietnam.[16]
In 1920, Nguyễn became a representative to the Congress of Tours of the Socialist Party of France, Quốc voted for the Third International and a founding member of the Parti Communiste Français (FCP). Taking a position in the Colonial Committee of the PCF, he tried to draw his comrades' attention towards people in French colonies including Indochina, but his efforts were often unsuccessful. During this period he began to write journal articles and short stories as well as running his Vietnamese nationalist group. In May 1922, Nguyễn wrote an article for a French magazine criticizing the use of English words by French sportswriters.[17] The article implored Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré to outlaw such Franglais as le manager, le round and le knock-out. While living in Paris, he reportedly had a relationship with a dressmaker named Marie Brière.
In 1923, Nguyễn (Ho) left Paris for Moscow, where he was employed by the Comintern, studied at the Communist University of the Toilers of the East,[18][19] and participated in the Fifth Comintern Congress in June 1924, before arriving in Canton (present-day Guangzhou), China, in November 1924.
Ho Chi Minh Documentary
Documentary from the History Channel, from a series called 'Secrets of War' narrated by Charlton Heston. For educational purposes only.
Vietnam - Hanoi to Saigon on the Ho Chi Minh Trail
Took the opportunity to grab some aerial footage with DJI Mavic Pro Drone whilst on the Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Tour
HO CHI MINH PRIME MINISTER OF NORTH VIETNAM VIET CONG & VIETNAM WAR 60744
This 1966 black-and-white biography documentary is about Ho Chi Minh, Prime Minister and President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The film is narrated by Walter Cronkite. 1945, the crowd cheers as Ho Chi Minh returns (:08-:33). 1919, a photo shows Ho Chi Minh wearing a derby hat. Additional photos show him at different ages. Vietnam independence documents are signed (:34-1:44). 1965 author Robert Shaplen, “The Lost Revolution” is interviewed (1:45-2:33). 1946 A destroyer shoots at the Port of Haiphong during the Indochina War. Houses in the jungle explode on fire. A group of locals formed by Ho Chi Minh call themselves the Viet Minh. Ho’s headquarters are deep in the jungle. He sits at a strategy meeting with Communist leaders (2:34-3:48). 1953, a newspaper editor details his interview with Ho Chi Minh, as does Colonel Paul Helliwell (3:49-6:18). 1950 Ho Chi Minh talks to his cabinet. French fighter planes fly over what looks like bushes lining a road; troops pop up after it passes. The French dig trenches. Vietnamese soldiers cross a fast-moving river. Camouflaged troops pull a canyon up a steep embankment. Battle of Dien Bien Phy footage is shown, including French troops surrendering (6:19-7:50).1954 Geneva. Correspondent Alexander Kendrick recollects the peace talks. American diplomat John Foster Dulles leaves before the Indochina discussion. The Geneva agreements are signed making North Vietnam independent. His signature is shown on the document (7:51- 9:02). The Black Guard militia march past, as do the People’s Army. Ho Chi Minh works on a water wheel with other farmers. Ho Chi Minh sits in the grass as kindergarten children play around him. Some pull on his beard and he hands out candy (9:03-9:59). Author of “The Two Vietnams” Bernard Fall is interviewed (he would be killed in South Vietnam in 1967.) (10:00-12:00). 1955 Ho Chi Minh waves out an airplane window in Peking. He exuberantly exchanges cheek kisses with Mao Tse Tung and they pose together. Fall is interviewed again (12:32-13:17). The Frieden, Peking Maru, and Tweed Breeze are docked at the Port of Haiphong. Cargo is loaded. Coolies provide labor for construction. A steel plant is panned (13:18-14:52). Ho Chi Minh is greeted by Khrushchev in the Soviet Union and Marshal Tito in Yugoslavia. 1961 Moscow Congress. Shown are Ho Chi Minh, Kadar of Hungary, Khrushchev, and Brezhnev. The Congress is shown in session. Ho dances with high school students (14:53-16:22.) Interviews with scholars discuss Ho Chi Minh’s next actions (16:23-18:05). South Vietnamese Liberation Front (Viet Cong) soldiers are shown in the jungle (18:06-18:29). 1965 American soldiers arrive. Marine Corps VMFA 531 #458 AV08B Harrier jet is shown taking off and dropping bombs as part of a squadron. Anti-aircraft guns shoot at American planes (18:30-19:25). 1965 Hanoi. Ho Chi Minh visits his troops. Russian support fails to materialize. British journalist James Cameron is interviewed about his encounter with a 76-year-old Ho Chi Minh. Author Fall talks again about Ho Chi Minh, shown smiling and talking (19:26-23:55).
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Biography Documentary HD - Ho Chi Minh A Vietnamese Communist revolutionary
We always have to keep in mind that a Documentary, after all, can tell lies and it can tell lies because it lays claim to a form of veracity which fiction doesn't. Some of the documentaries are made just to discredit some particular person, party, organization, system etc, but most of them here on TDF are non biased, without prejudice and worth watching.