Impacts Of Vietnamese And Usa Civillians

Question 1

What are the places peasants in Vietnam were moved to?

Answer 1

Hamlets

Places away from their homes

Question 2

What did the ARVN and USA army not take responsibility for?

Answer 2

Injuries in friendly fire

No medial treatment offered

Question 3

How many SV civilians lived in camps and hamlets by 1968? And what effects did that have?

Answer 3

1/3 of population

Spread disease

Saigon deteriorated

Question 4

What was the operation called where vegetation was stripped by using chemical warfare?

Answer 4

Operation ranch hand

Carpet bombing

Question 5

How many people died from the war in Vietnam?

Answer 5

1.5 million civilians

Question 6

What were some of the tactics used by the USA to kill Vietcong?

Answer 6

Nepalm

Agent orange - weed killer left no vegetation

Search and destroy

Operation rolling thunder

Question 7

What was special about the Vietnam war?

Answer 7

It was the first fully televised war

Question 8

Why was there a growth of the peace movement in the USA?

Answer 8

US army heavily criticised for using napalm and blanket bombing

My lai massacre 1968

Returning soldiers told stories or horrors in 1968

Drafting was unpopular - 15 million deferred draft

Colleges ride with anti war students (Kent state)

58,000 is soldiers died and 300,000 injured