By the mid-1960s, parts of Cambodia's eastern provinces were serving as bases for North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong ( NVA / VC ) forces operating against South Vietnam, and the port of Sihanoukville was being used to supply them.

In response, the United States moved to provide material assistance to the new government's armed forces, which were engaged against both CPK insurgents and NVA forces. The North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces, desperate to retain their sanctuaries and supply lines from North Vietnam, immediately launched armed attacks on the new government.

The government made three unsuccessful attempts to enter into negotiations with the insurgents, but by 1974, the CPK were operating openly as divisions, and some of the NVA combat forces had moved into South Vietnam.

However, the North Vietnamese Army ( NVA ) and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam ( NLF ) were able to dictate the pace of attrition to fit their own goals: by continuing to fight a guerrilla war and avoiding large-unit battles, they denied the Americans the chance to fight the kind of war they were best at, and they ensured that attrition would wear down the American public's support for the war faster than them.

Up to 155, 000 refugees fleeing the final NVA Spring Offensive were killed or abducted on the road to Tuy Hoa in 1975.

For the last 3 elections, politics in Hooglede were dominated by the cartel SAMEN ( consisting of Sp. a, NVA and Open VLD ).

The Pathet Lao were backed militarily by the NVA and Vietcong.

The Special Forces were organized into three platoons: a 14-man assault group, codenamed Blueboy, which would crash-land within the prison compound ; a 22-man support group, Greenleaf, which would provide immediate support for the assault team, and a 20-man security group, Redwine, to protect the prison area from NVA reaction forces and provide backup support if needed for either of the other two groups.

With its German appearance — including uniforms and ceremonies patterned after older German military traditions — the doctrine and structure of the NVA were strongly influenced by the Soviet Armed Forces, thus mixing elements of the 20th century's most innovative and successful schools of military in a force which, for its size, was considered one of the most professional and prepared of the world.

From its inception, the NVA became an army where professional officers were also expected to be SED cadres.

Ultimately, 85 per cent of all NVA units were on constant alert and trained to depart within 25 to 30 minutes from their bases to designated areas about five to seven kilometers apart.

The following list includes the NVA generals and admirals who were awarded the German Cross in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War with the date of the awards as well as the rank held at the time listed after the name.

The following list includes the NVA generals and admirals who were awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War with the date of the awards as well as the rank held at the time listed after the name.

With the exceptions of the People's Navy, whose dark-blue uniforms were consistent with the styles of most navies around the world, and the Combat Groups of the Working Class ( Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse ), who wore their own olive-green fatigue uniforms, all NVA armed services, the Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment, the Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic, and the Barracked People's Police ( Kasernierte Volkspolizei ) wore the same basic uniform.

Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment uniforms were nearly identical to those of the those of ( NVA ) and were distinguished primarily by the dark red MfS service color of its insignia and by an honorary cuffband on the left sleeve bearing the regiment's name.

But on 23 April 1972, tankers of the 20th Tank Regiment were attacked by an NVA infantry-tank team, which was equipped with the new 9M14M Malyutka ( NATO designation: Sagger ) wire guided anti-tank missile.

LZs operated by the First Cavalry Division, especially in War Zone C in 1968 and 1969, were often established for specific operations or to draw out the North Vietnamese Army ( NVA ) units thought to be operating in that area.

Incoming rocket and mortar rounds fired by the VC / NVA were a daily and nightly occurrence, and skirmishes near the LZ were common.

Waves of NVA infantry charging into the southern lines were met by defending troops who took advantage of the aviation gasoline storage area.

They wore gray uniforms with the design of a spade on the shoulder patch, performed military construction and rear-guard services as well as some tasks in the industrial and social-service sectors, were subject to military law and disciplinary regulations, were commanded by NVA officers and noncommissioned officers ( NCOs ), and received engineer training and political education.

In 1983, of the 230, 000 soldiers in the NVA, 0. 6 percent — about 1, 400 persons — were allowed to serve in the construction units.

An unconscious Mike ( now a staff sergeant in the Army Special Forces ) wakes up to see the NVA soldier shoot a woman carrying a baby.

The Arkona Bunker now houses an art gallery and the NVA Bunker an exhibition of GDR fittings and equipment as well as a series of photographs on the Volksmarine.

* The Second Indochina War ( called the Vietnam War in the West or the American War in Vietnam ) began as a conflict between the United States-backed South Vietnamese government and its opponents, both the South Vietnamese-based communist Viet Cong ( National Liberation Front ) and the North Vietnamese Army ( NVA ), now known as the People's Army of Vietnam ( PAVN ).

At 20: 15 a reinforced NVA Company attacked Company K's position and only withdrew after 3 hours of fighting, the following morning 25 NVA bodies were found in front of the position.

The NVA launched mortars into 3 / 4 Marines CP in the morning and the Marines responded with airstrikes and artillery.

2 / 4 Marines set off at dawn towards 3 / 4's position and engaged the NVA several times calling in close air strikes before linking up with 3 / 4 at 14: 45.

At 16: 00 a platoon of Marines from the 1st Force Reconnaissance Company rapelled from a MAG-16 helicopter onto the summit of the Rockpile, three hours later they spotted an NVA force to their east and called in artillery fire from 3 / 12 Marines killing 21 NVA and later that night called in further fire on suspected NVA positions south of the Rockpile.

In Helicopter Valley there was little contact with the NVA, but 3 / 4 Marines gave up trying to push south and anticipating further night attacks they established a common perimeter with 2 / 4 Marines.

With the conclusion of Operation Deckhouse II on the morning of 18 July 3 / 5 Marines would be inserted into a small valley south of the Song Ngan in a suspected NVA marshalling area, this area also provided a possible escape route for NVA retreating from 3 / 4's advance on Hill 208.

3 / 4 Marines had suffered 14 dead and 49 wounded while the NVA had suffered 138 known dead with estimates as high as 500.

On 20 July 1 / 1 Marines joined 3 / 5 Marines in the valley below the Song Ngan and they met light but persistent resistance from small groups of NVA as they patrolled to the west.

In the heavy jungle, the Cobras mistook the 3 / 187th battalion command post on the LZ for an NVA unit and attacked, killing two and wounding thirty-five, including Honeycutt.

The U. S. brigade commander ordered a coordinated two-battalion assault for May 18, with 1 / 506th attacking from the south and 3 / 187th attacking from the north, trying to keep the 29th NVA Regiment from concentrating on either battalion.

The opportunity to threaten the NVA lines facing the 3 / 187th was lost.

Shortly after the 2 / 3 ARVN completed their withdrawal, the 3 / 187th was able to break through the NVA defenses and occupy the summit, giving the illusion that American troops had conquered their objective first.

As NVA / VC activity grew, the United States and South Vietnam became concerned, and in 1969, the United States began a 14 month long series of bombing raids targeted at NVA / VC elements, contributing to destabilization.

Meanwhile, the Communist Chinese established the three-man fireteam concept as the three-man cell when they organized a regular army, and its organization seemed to have been disseminated throughout all of Asia's communist forces, perhaps the most famous of which are the PAVN / NVA ( People's Army of Vietnam / North Vietnamese Army ) and the Viet Cong.

Political officers charged with instruction of the troops on ideological, military, and global affairs formed an essential part of NVA daily routine ( Politische Hauptverwaltung / Political Main Administration ).

The uniform of the Border Troops was distinguished from that of the NVA ground force and Air Force / Air Defense Force by a green armband with large silver letters identifying the wearer's affiliation.

During the North Vietnamese Army ( NVA ) Easter Offensive in 1972, tank clashes between NVA T-54 / PT-76 and ARVN M48 / M41 units became commonplace.

* Vietnam War, against American intervention into South Vietnam against the NLF / NVA.

In August 1968, elements of the 3rd ARVN Cavalry, along with a reaction platoon from the 2 / 1st Cav, OPCONed to the 4th Inf, foiled an attempted NVA ambush, killing 31 enemy.

The Battle of Ia Drang (" ia Drang " is the montagnard word for " river Drang ") was the first major battle between regulars of the United States Army and regulars of the People's Army of Vietnam ( PAVN / NVA ) of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

In 1974, as Deputy Commander of Operations / III Corps, assistant to General Pham Quoc Thuan, Hiếu applied Blitzkrieg ( lightning war ) tactic to alleviate the pressure exerted by 5th Division NVA originating from Svay Rieng Province in the Parrot's Beak area inside Kampuchea territory aiming at Đức Huệ base camp.

Later that day another CH-46 carrying men from 2 / 1 Marines was hit by NVA fire and crashed killing 13 Marines.