13: Confrontation In The Vietnam War

Question 1

What was Johnson’s initial approach to Vietnam?

Answer 1

Didn’t want to Americanise

Continue sending military advisors like Kennedy

Question 2

What was the Gulf of Tonkin resolution?

Answer 2

A US naval flee was attacked by the North Vietnamese

Led to congress giving Johnson the power to do as he wishes in Vietnam

Question 3

Why was the USAs position in Vietnam deteriorating by 1964?

Answer 3

China was providing military supplies to the North
USSR formed links with the NLF
North was moving down the Ho Chi Minh Trail
Anti-American feelings had spread
Had rejected a peace proposal from the North

Question 4

What tactics did the US employ in Vietnam?

Answer 4

Operation Rolling Thunder
Chemical weapons (Napalm and Agent Orange)
Search and destroy of the Vietcong

Question 5

What tactics did North Vietnam use?

Answer 5

Avoided destroying crops or homes
Threatened civilians
Guerilla tactics (Underground and plain clothes)
Use of the Ho Chi Minh Trail

Question 6

When was the Tet Offensive?

Answer 6

January to February 1968

Question 7

When was the Mai Lai massacre and when was it made public?

Answer 7

March 1968

Not until 1989