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08-30-2007, 12:36

Where did all of their support come from? Here is a breakdown:

1) China (PRC) - They started transferring over weapons from the Korean War to the Viet Minh in October of 1950 until the end of that war with the cease fire agreement in 1953. The PRC then continued to supply the Comunist forces of North Vietnam for the next decade with a total of $670+ million before 1965. When the war began to escalate bewteen us and the VC/NVA so did the PRC's money to the VC/NVA. They sent $110 million in 1965 to $225 million in 1967. During the latter years of the war the PRC provided on average, $150 to $200 million dollors annually.

2) The USSR - They started with support to the Viet Minh in the early 1950's with the delivery of trucks via China. Based upon economic needs and a growing distrust of China, the NVA established closer ties with Moscow in 1957. With a visit to Hanoi by Soviet Marshal Voroshilov in May of 1957, support form the USSR increased so fast that it outdistanced the PRC in one year. With the Sino-Chinese split of the 1950's the USSR had to send most of its aid by water rather than by land across China. Soviet aid (military and economic) totaled $365 million from 1954 to 1964 and sharply increased to $295 million in 1965 alone. In 1966 it nearly doubled the previous year to $510 million. In 1967 there was an all time high of $705 milion given in aid. During the latter parts of the war the USSR aid averaged $420 million per year.

Allot of money was going to North Vietnam to fight the war in the south.

08-30-2007, 12:36	#7
MAB32 Guest Posts: n/a	Inside the VCX and the NVA, revisited... Where did all of their support come from? Here is a breakdown: 1) China (PRC) - They started transferring over weapons from the Korean War to the Viet Minh in October of 1950 until the end of that war with the cease fire agreement in 1953. The PRC then continued to supply the Comunist forces of North Vietnam for the next decade with a total of $670+ million before 1965. When the war began to escalate bewteen us and the VC/NVA so did the PRC's money to the VC/NVA. They sent $110 million in 1965 to $225 million in 1967. During the latter years of the war the PRC provided on average, $150 to $200 million dollors annually. 2) The USSR - They started with support to the Viet Minh in the early 1950's with the delivery of trucks via China. Based upon economic needs and a growing distrust of China, the NVA established closer ties with Moscow in 1957. With a visit to Hanoi by Soviet Marshal Voroshilov in May of 1957, support form the USSR increased so fast that it outdistanced the PRC in one year. With the Sino-Chinese split of the 1950's the USSR had to send most of its aid by water rather than by land across China. Soviet aid (military and economic) totaled $365 million from 1954 to 1964 and sharply increased to $295 million in 1965 alone. In 1966 it nearly doubled the previous year to $510 million. In 1967 there was an all time high of $705 milion given in aid. During the latter parts of the war the USSR aid averaged $420 million per year. Allot of money was going to North Vietnam to fight the war in the south.