THE MOVEMENT AGAINST “STRATEGIC HAMLETS” IN THE SOUTHWEST OF VIETNAM IN 1963

Abstract

\"Strategic Hamlets\" are considered to belong to a \"National Policy\" of the US and the Saigon government in the process of implementing the strategy of the \"Special War\" (1961-1965) in southern Vietnam. Particularly, in the Southwest of Vietnam, this plan was implemented on a large scale with many cunning tricks to destroy our revolutionary forces. In 1963 alone, with the impact of the Ap Bac victory (01/02/1963), the US and the Saigon government strengthened their raiding activities in order to maintain their strategic hamlets, but the Southwest civil and military forces under the leadership of Vietnam’s Communist Party responded strongly to the appeal for \"Emulation in Ap Bac, feat achievement by killing the enemy\", rising up to smash parts of the \"strategic hamlets\", making an important contribution to the bankcruptcy of the \"Special War\" of the US and the Saigon government.