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A general term for a complex logistical system, the '''Ho Chi Minh trail''' was a system of logistical facilities in North Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia that the [[People's Army of Viet Nam]] used to send troops and equipment into [[South Vietnam]]. It was operated by the [[559th Transportation Group]] under then-senior colonel [[Dong Sy Nguyen]], which was under the General Directorate of Rear Services.
{{Image|HoChiMinhTrail DrakongBridge.jpg|right|350px|A view from the Dakrong Bridge, the start of the Ho chi Minh Trail.}}
The '''Ho Chi Minh Trail''' was the name given to a complex multi-route means of conveying troops, arms and supplies from North to South Vietnam during the [[Vietnam War]]. The routes were mostly mountain and jungle paths which went through Laos and Cambodia. The trail was first mapped out in 1959 following the decision by North Vietnam to use guerilla warfare in its campaign to unify the two Vietnamese states.


The commitment to build the trail came from a Politburo decision of May 1959, hence the name 559th Group; that was the date they decided to invade the South.
While the Trail proper was the ground route into the South, two related systems often are considered part: <ref name=Goscha2002>{{citation
| first1 = Christopher E. | last1 = Goscha
| title = The Maritime Nature of the Wars for Vietnam (1945-75)
| url = http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/vietnamcenter/events/2002_Symposium/2002Papers_files/goscha.htm
| date = April 2002
| conference = 4th Triennial Vietnam Symposium, Texas Tech University Vietnam Center}}</ref>. 
*759th Transportation Group for sea-based supply
*959th Transportation for supply of the [[Pathet Lao]]
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A view from the Dakrong Bridge, the start of the Ho chi Minh Trail.

The Ho Chi Minh Trail was the name given to a complex multi-route means of conveying troops, arms and supplies from North to South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The routes were mostly mountain and jungle paths which went through Laos and Cambodia. The trail was first mapped out in 1959 following the decision by North Vietnam to use guerilla warfare in its campaign to unify the two Vietnamese states.

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