Ho Chi Minh trail established
WarNorth Vietnam forms Group 559 to build a supply network through Laos and Cambodia to the South along the Trường Sơn range.
- Date
- 1959 · View on map
- Regions
- Southeast Asia
- Importance
- ★★★★★
- Sources
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