Strategic Hamlet Program

Question 1

When was the Strategic Hamlet Program introduced?

Answer 1

March 1962

Question 2

What did the Strategic Hamlet Program aim to do?

Answer 2

Create armed prisons which would house South Vietnamese rural peasants
-Would isolate people from Vietcong

Question 3

By September 1962, how many people were in Strategic Hamlets?

Answer 3

4 million people

Question 4

What was the verdict of the Strategic Hamlet Program?

Answer 4

Largely a failure
-Often led to improved recruitment of the peasants into the Vietcong
-Scheme was flawed as it was almost impossible to isolate Vietcong agents from the hamlets