began in1940 under the south Vietnam jungle. . Usually dug by hand and only short distances at a time. tunnels increased as presence of U.S. troops supporting south Vietnam. In the peak of the war the Viet Kong soldiers had over 250 kilometers 155.34 miles of tunnels dug . From the outskirts of Saigon to Cambodian. Some of these tunnels held music halls and theaters and ordnance factories.
Viet Kong troops used these
underground tunnels to hide out or surprise militarily well endowed enemy troops. Of the U.S. and south Vietnam. They used trip wire d grenades, or boxes of scorpions and venomous snakes that would fall onto enemy soldiers. Punji stake traps were also widely used. The Vietnams would hid in these tunnels during bombing runs. Whole community could hide and live for months underground. Viet Kong would use small trap doors to jump out of and shoot passing by soldiers.