60 years of the Liberation Army of South Vietnam

The resistance war against Americasaving the country left many valuable lessons, including a lesson on building the people’s armed forces, of which the establishment of the South Vietnamese Liberation Army 60 years ago was a typical creation of art The art of organizing and directing the Vietnam People’s War of our Party.

On February 15, 1961, in war zone D in the Southeast, the South Vietnamese Liberation Army was officially declared established, marking a new development in the organization of the people’s armed forces. This is also an important step for a new phase of the revolution in the South, from a position of resistance, to an aggressive revolutionary one, and a continuous offensive to end the struggle for national liberation and reunification. country gloriously.

In December 1960, the National Front for the Liberation of the South was born, gathering a large number of revolutionary forces. In January 1961, the Liberation Army of the South formed from the unification of the revolutionary armed forces of the South was constantly growing after Dong Khoi.

With the task of building 3 types of troops to be both a combat and production army, the South Vietnamese Liberation Army is a lesson in the art of building military forces from theory to practice through the role of “punch punching”. ” of the main army.

From Binh Gia, Dong Xoai in 1964 – 1965, Plei Me, Van Tuong in 1965, Junction City 1967, the South Vietnamese liberation army under the leadership of the Party defeated 4 war strategies of 5 US presidents.

The 1968 Tet Offensive and Uprising, and especially the victory in the Spring of 1975, are proofs of the transformation of the relationship of forces and the deployment of forces to complete victory. Also from here, the lesson of synergy is still valid.

Despite having completed its historic mission, the South Vietnamese Liberation Army is still a historical mark, leaving behind lessons of experience in creativity in implementing our Party’s revolutionary policy for the next generation. today and for tomorrow.

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