Blood Road
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The hotel trail is a 10,000 mile long network of interconnected pass and roads crisscrossing the dense jungles and rugged mountains of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. The trail, named for Vietnamese Communist leader Ho chairman, was primarily used to secretly move military troops supplies during times of conflict, most notably during the war with the United States from 1964 to 1975. At that time, a treaty temporarily split Vietnam into two countries North and South Vietnam. The communist North sought to reunite the south, but the U. S government feared the domino theory, which could lead to other Communist takeovers within the region in order to help Self Vietnam fight off the north and the spread of communism, US and arms and eventually troops. The North Vietnamese knew the Americans had superior firepower, so they resorted to guerrilla warfare tactics while secretly transporting supplies on the whole team entrails. Initially, the North Vietnamese primarily used bicycles, truths and even elephants to move supplies along the trail. But as the war intensified, they realized the trail needed to expand