in the Jewish a district of Ho Chi Minh City Saigon Vietnam is a very elaborate
system of underground tunnels that served a very important purpose the
tunnels were a vital part of a network of tunnels that underlie much of the
country that you eat see underground tunnels were dug by hand over the course
of 25 years which began in the late 40s during the war with the French the
elaborate system of tunnels was used by the Vietcong as hiding spots as well as
serving as communication and supply routes the tunnels contained eating
halls ammunition storage hospitals and even a theater for entertainment
the Vietcong would live in the underground tunnels and only come out
under the cover of darkness in order to gain supplies tend to crops and engage
in enemy combat during the 1960's the tunnels were repaired and vastly
expanded becoming a vital part of the Viet congs military strategy during the
Vietnam War the entrances were next to impossible for American troops to find
let alone navigate once found the American troops were often fatally
wounded or seriously injured by booby traps lining the jungle American troops
tried multiple strategies in order to find and destroy these tunnels none of
which worked chemicals were dumped across the jungle floor which dried up
and killed all of the vegetation napalm and bombs were dropped over the area in
order to burn everything in sight allowing American troops to view the
landscape becoming less vulnerable to the Viet Cong soldiers the high levels
of humidity and pools of water created vapor explosions eradicating the fires
the tunnels are now open for tourists to walk through an experience they cover
vast areas and had been preserved as a war memorial in Vietnam the entrances
are very small authoring no room to turn around and retreat they are also very
easy to quickly cover and hide when under attack the tunnels were so narrow
that there was no room for American soldiers to turn around to reach rate
when lost in a tunnel this created a panic amongst the
Americans in battle the tunnels have since been widened to allow Western
tourists and have been illuminated with small lights the tunnels contained
everything the Vietcong needed to survive even rooms for
children and families you can see how difficult the tunnels would be to
navigate they were also smaller in the 60s the
area was covered with booby traps designed to severely injure American
troops causing a slow and painful death American troops tried many different
angles to take over the tunnels including trained German Shepherds that
would sniff out the openings the Vietcong quickly overcame this tactic by
using American issued soap to wash themselves giving the dogs a friendly
scent they also hung American unifiers near the entrances to again throw off
the dogs when the dogs did find the tunnels they were captured and killed
only to be displayed in the jungle near American troops the American dog
handlers were terrified after seeing this and refused to send their dogs down
into the tunnels the tunnels now have figures displayed in the rooms exactly
as they would have been in the 1960s the mannequins show how the Vietcong would
go over military strategies make weapons and booby traps they show the living
conditions of the Vietcong they would store and make weapons deep in the
underground tunnels to be used against invading American troops the site is now
a tourist attraction explaining the traumatic events in the vital role of
the Zhu Ichi tunnels above the tunnels lies a tank that was destroyed in battle
as a reminder of the events that took place tourists are allowed to crawl in
the tunnels to experience the life of the American and Viet Cong soldiers they
are also able to eat a typical meal that would have been consumed while living
underground employees demonstrate the tasks that would have been preformed by
the people who lived in fought in these tunnels during the Vietnam War many of
the underground rooms deemed unsafe had been reconstructed above ground to
display wildlife would have been like the bamboo shoot' coming out of the
metal pot would have ran to the surface so the smoke of the fire would not
suffocate those inside it was also used to deter American troops from the
location of the tunnels they were small camps set up around the tunnels that the
inhabitants would occupy during the cover of darkness during the day no one
would be found the entrances scour the jungle leading from one camp to another
many times the tunnels would be bright under American camps they lean to rivers
and roads allowing the Vietcong to resupply without being seen they would
take ammunition and from the American soldiers and repurpose
them into booby traps designed to kill their enemies the tunnel spanned miles
under the jungle floor because conditions in the tunnel were so rough
and soldiers and family spent so much time and when they were surrounded by
disease our food and water were scarce in the tunnels they were plagued by
poisonous centipedes and scorpions rats and vermin filled the tunnels and became
a big problem due to bombing and fires above they were forced to stay in the
tunnels for many days at a time sickness ran rampant underground malaria
was a very common disease among the Vietcong almost everyone had stomach and
intestinal parasites malaria was the second cause of death next to battle
only about 6,000 of the 16,000 soldiers who fought in the tunnels survived the
Americans had no way to infiltrate these tunnels other than sending a soldier
down armed with only a knife and a flashlight the flashlights couldn't
pierce the darkness of the tunnels and the American soldiers had no chance in
this unfamiliar territory deep underground it was one of the highest
risk positions an American soldier could be assigned to the tank serves a grim
reminder of exactly what went on during the Vietnam War in the chui chi tunnels
more mannequins showing everyday tasks and duties that had to be performed
underground in a weapon room Vietcong would fashion bamboo spears explosives
and booby traps one example of a booby trap that would have been used would
allow soldier to fall into the hole only to become more stuck and more impaled if
they tried to escape another example would be this deep hole lined with
sharpened bamboo shoots they would have been covered in fecal matter causing a
slow and painful death or infection if the soldier survived one tourist eats a
traditional meal that if he had corn soldiers would have survived on for the
duration of the war in the tunnels the living spaces for families was
incredibly tight where they slept during the day and worked at night here a guide
explains the different types of booby traps used here you can see a layout to
how that ueg tunnels were laid out these tunnels were entirely dug by hand over
the course of 25 years they reverted to primal combat and it was as much of a
mental battle as it was a physical one the tunnels are now a war memorial
serving as a relic of the once incredibly hellish time of war each
soldier and the tunnels had a specific role that they were trained to execute
the battlefield was very unfamiliar to American soldiers malaria and disease
ran rampant amongst the soldiers and the majority perished with the very slow
painful death I hope you like this video then please hit the subscribe button and
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