Helicopters in Irregular Warfare | Algeria, Vietnam & Afghanistan

Major Beau G. Rollie explains in his master thesis the impact of helicopters on the battlefield in non-conventional wars. Preface: The preponderance of conflicts fought over the last seventy years have included or been centred on irregular warfare and counter-insurgency. Indeed, the helicopter's first significant trials in combat took place during the Algerian War 1954-1962, the Vietnam War 1955-1975, and the Soviet-Afghan War 1979-1989. During these wars, the French, U.S., and Soviet militaries used significant numbers of helicopters to fight insurgents and guerrillas, and each country lost their respective conflict.