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Why did the U.S. military spray defoliants on the vietnamese jungle?
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∙ 8y ago
Defoilients allowed the Americans to see movement of troops and supplies moving over the trail. This allowed them to attack and destroy the supplies and was one of the key ways of limiting the enemies ability to build up large concentrations of troops and supplies prior to an attack on American forces.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 8y agoit eliminated hiding places for enemy units
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∙ 8y agoThe defoliants killed the jungle allowing the enemy to be seen. The cancers, sickness and death caused by the dioxin and other carcinogen contaminants was an unexpected side benefit.
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∙ 11y agoAs a defoliant
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