This video explains the military side on why the war in Vietnam was so complicated by taking a look at the non-existence of front lines, force compositions and the scale & scope of Military Operations. Military History Visualized provides a series of short narrative and visual presentations like documentaries based on academic literature or sometimes primary sources. Videos are intended as introduction to military history, but also contain a lot of details for history buffs. Since the aim is to keep the episodes short and comprehensive some details are often cut. » HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT MILITARY HISTORY VISUALIZED « (A) You can support my channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv (B) You can also buy "Spoils of War" (merchandise) in the online shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/mhvis/shop (C) If you want to buy books that I use or recommend, here is the link to the Amazon Store: http://astore.amazon.com/ytmh-20 which has the same price for you and gives a small commission to me, thus it is a win/win. » SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS « facebook: https://www.facebook.com/milhistoryvisualized/ twitter: https://twitter.com/MilHiVisualized tumblr: http://militaryhistoryvisualized.tumblr.com/ » SOURCES « Thayer, Thomas C.; Daddis, Gregory A.: War Without Fronts – The American Experience in Vietnam Shulimson, Jack: U.S. Marines in Vietnam - An Expanding War - 1966 Rottman, Gordon L.; The US Army in the Vietnam War 1965-73 Rottman, Gordon L.: Vietnam Infantry Tactics Articles from Tucker, Spencer C.: The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War (Second Edition) Zabecki, David T.: Artillery Fire Doctrine Frame, Arthur T.: Fratricide Laurie, Clayton D.: Long-Range Reconnaissance Patrols Hunt, Richard A.: Pacification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Westmoreland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Office_for_South_Vietnam » TOOL CHAIN « PowerPoint 2016, Word, Excel, Tile Mill, QGIS, Processing 3, Adobe Illustrator, Ado