Strategic Hamlets programme

Definition

A programme that moved South Vietnamese peasants into fortified settlements to separate them from the Vietcong.

Used by AQA

Paper 1

Kennedy supported Diem’s Strategic Hamlets programme. Peasants were moved, often forcibly, from their homes into fortified settlements. The programme aimed to isolate the Vietcong from the rural population.
Revise: The US Involvement

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GCSE History · key term

A programme that moved South Vietnamese peasants into fortified settlements to separate them from the Vietcong.

Used by AQA

Paper 1

Kennedy supported Diem’s Strategic Hamlets programme. Peasants were moved, often forcibly, from their homes into fortified settlements. The programme aimed to isolate the Vietcong from the rural population.
Revise: The US Involvement

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