[El Gato]

There were so many NVA wounded and killed that they lost control of their own war, and the Khmer Rouge (sp?) took over the leadership.

Close but no Kewpie doll.

It was the Viet Cong (VC) that "lost control" (actually they never had more than the illusion of control, the North Vietnamese were running the show from the get go) and of Course it was the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) that ran things openly from then on. The VC were pretty much destroyed as a fighting force by Tet '68.

[El Gato]

Meant to add: The Khmer Rouge were the Maoist communists of Camdodia (Kampuchea) then supported by both the ChiComs and North Vietnamese. Later the NVA had to put down the murderous bastards, which caused a falling out with China (they were never close) and led to a short border war where the NVA kicked the ChiCom's rears, having had lots of practice fighting the US and South Vietnamese armies, who were much better than the Chinese Peoples Army.