Nixon Pressures For Peace

Question 1

Along with Vietnamisation what did Nixon use to force peace talks?

Answer 1

Aggressive tactics

Question 2

What was the Cambodia campaign of 1969?

Answer 2

Nixon began bombing in Cambodia to try and destroy the Ho Chi Minh trail and pressure north Vietnam to make peace

Question 3

How many troops did he sent into Cambodia?

Answer 3

30,000 US ground troops to destroy communist bases and supplies

Question 4

What did crossing into Cambodia lead to?

Answer 4

More anti-war demonstrations

Question 5

What did anti-war demonstrations lead to?

Answer 5

Congress cutting military spending and cancelling the gulf of Tonkin resolution which made it it difficult for Nixon to carry on the war

Question 6

What and when was the Laos Campaign?

Answer 6

1971

South Vietnamese army attached the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos

Question 7

Was the Laos campaign successful?

Answer 7

Us troops couldn’t enter, could only provide air support

Many communist supplies were destroyed but the south Vietnamese army was quickly driven out of Laos