During the Vietnam War, the guerrilla fighters put up a resistance against the Americans. We all know the mighty Americans had the most advanced military weapons and established fighting doctrines. The Vietnamese would not be a match to the Americans had they fought a conventional warfare. Instead, they cleverly strategised and used guerrilla tactics to undermine the Americans war fighting doctrine. Although we cannot conclude which side had won the war, but a stalemate is impressive enough for the less equipped guerrillas. The most amazing resistance happened in Cu Chi.
Edge no 1 – decide when and where to fight
The guerrilla fighters dug a 3-storey 250 km tunnel network in Cu Chi so that the fighters can avoid the aerial bombardment from the Americans. I remembered a phrase in The Blue Ocean Strategy and I like it a lot – make competition irrelevant. By choosing not to fight the ......