User blog:El Alamein/North Korean Army vs. North Vietnamese Army



It's the most fanatical and fearsome fighting forces the Cold War has spit out in Asia as the North Korean Army, the ground forces that steamrolled into South Korea at the start of the Korean War and tried to resist a UN invasion, takes on the North Vietnamese Army, the conventional ground forces that plowed through South Vietnamese defenses and unified the nation under Communism! Both fought against their non-Communist foes for decades upon decades, but the North Vietnamese Army was ultimately successful while the North Korean Army is still playing its chillingly secretive game of cat-and-mouse with South Korea! Examining the warriors as they were during the 1950's and 60's, which brutal footsoldier would be able to stand up and kill the other?

North Korean Army
The North Korean Army's invasion of South Korea was the spark that struck a flame, igniting into the Korean War and engulfing the Korean penninsula into an uneasy standoff on the 38th parallel! The North Koreans swarmed over the 38th Parallel in 1950 and plowed through weak South Korean defenses. The U.S. military came to South Korean aid, landing at the port of Inchon and drove the North Koreans back into North Korea. After that, the war looked to be falling apart for the "Reds", but when the Capitalist forces approached Red China's border, the Chinese invaded across the Yalu River and the resulting stalemate left the country almost exactly the way it was when it had started, divided across the 38th Parallel. Today the North Korean Army remains a serious threat with nuclear capabilities but its South Korean foes are equally powerful, and a shadow war is being played across the border.

North Vietnamese Army
The North Vietnamese Army was the ultimate fighting force that the Communist forces had to offer in the Vietnam War. After the Viet Cong were all but destroyed during the disastrous Tet Offensive of 1968, the NVA had to become the majority fighting force and they stepped up their game. Laying seige to the Marine base at Khe Sanh and assaulting many U.S. bases on foot, they kept the pressure on the American forces and forced a U.S. withdrawal from the area. Although North Vietnamese leaders agreed to end the war with the United States' departure, they invaded South Vietnam in the 1973 Eastertide Offensive and pushed southward toward the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon, which they eventually captured in 1975. Today the NVA is just the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and they train and drill with iron discipline, as the standard show of military muscle is expected from most Communist nations.

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