For the Vietnam War tunnel rats, these missions formed part of their day-to-day lives.

The Vietnamese began digging the tunnels in the late 1940s during Vietnam's war of independence from France. At that time, the area of Cu Chi was originally inhabited by farmers. As the rebellion ...

during the Vietnam War, such as the use of helicopters and napalm in "Apocalypse Now" (1979), starring Marlon Brando; and the use of tunnels and firepower in "We Were Soldiers" (2002), starring ...

The USA would ultimately drop three million tonnes of bombs in Vietnam - more than all the bombs dropped in Europe during World War Two ... any particular location. Tunnels existed for them ...

With the Cold War intensifying, Vietnam is divided in two at Geneva ... s promise that there is “light at the end of the tunnel.” The president decides not to run again and the country ...

Vietnam had been a French colony close colonyA country, state or territory ruled over by another country, state or territory. before it was occupied by the Japanese during World War Two.