C Macon Chi Tunnels During The Vietnam War

Củ Chi Tunnels Rough Draft The Vietnam War all began because North Vietnam wanted to be a communist country but South Vietnam did not like the idea of communism and they began to fight. The Americans became involved because like South Vietnam, America is an anti Communist country and does not want another Communist country like North Korea. During the Vietnam War there was a district called the Củ Chi district, it was a stronghold for the North Vietnamese. They built tunnels under the district to hide from American forces and airstrikes. The tunnels were small, very dangerous and caused the death of many Americans. The Củ Chi tunnels were important to the Vietnam War because it provided the North Vietnamese an advantage during the war with their mischievous tunnels and traps. The tunnels were a death bed for many American and South Vietnamese soldiers. An article from Newsweek said that the tunnels were a"place once notorious for its concealed hiding places that could mean death to passing American GI s"Arnett, Peter". People of the Vietnam culture are typically smaller than pole of the American culture making it easier for the Vietnamese soldiers to fit in the tunnels and harder for the Americans to reach them. The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of The Vietnam War states that …show more content…
The Vietcong used “a dozen types of improvised booby-traps with sharp spikes that were set in and around the tunnels to maim pursuing American soldiers"("Half-way from Rags to Riches."). The traps kill unfortunate soldiers who are sent into the tunnels. The Vietcong didn’t just use the tunnels for traps they also used them to launch “waves of surprise attacks on the Americans during the Vietnam war" ("Half-way from rags to riches"). The tunnel entrances were well hidden and made it look like the Vietnamese were appearing out of nowhere catching Americans by