Description of the attraction
The Kuti Tunnels are a monument to the tenacity and fortitude of the Vietnamese people. This underground system of communication passages in the area of the village of Kuti, the name of which was given to these tunnels. They were actively used by the Vietnamese partisans during the American aggression. Currently, the tunnel system is a landmark of the country. And the village became a suburb of Ho Chi Minh City, and its population almost tripled.
The construction of underground tunnels began in the period of French colonization - at the end of the forties of the last century. They were built for almost a quarter of a century. And by the time of the American invasion of Vietnam, it was a whole underground fortification with innumerable secret exits to the surface, recreation rooms, weapons workshops, warehouses, hospitals and a control center. The underground system is what a poorly armed army of peasants could oppose to planes, helicopters, artillery, as well as chemical weapons of the ultra-modern American army. This answer has proven to be effective. The tunnels connected and coordinated actions between individual Viet Cong units, allowing the guerrillas to attack suddenly and in unexpected places. Large-scale search operations by the US military failed to locate the underground tunnels.
Thanks to the tunnels, the Viet Cong controlled a large rural area near Saigon. At the height of the war, the underground network stretched from the city to the border with Cambodia and reached 250 kilometers. The small width from half a meter to a meter allowed the Vietnamese, who had a small stature, to move freely along the aisles. For a person with the parameters of an American soldier, this was not possible. To receive tourists, part of the passages had to be widened and increased in height.
The Vietnamese guerrillas lived in unimaginably difficult conditions, but their tunnels served their purpose. This real underground state played an important role in the liberation of Vietnam.
