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Topic 7: The Vietnam War(MOCK STUFF ONLY) Flashcards

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What is Containment?

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Preventing the spread of Communism.

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What is Domino Theory?

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Effect of countries falling to Communism and having a knock on effect to the countries around it.

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Who is Ho Chi Minh?

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Leader of the Communist Party.

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Who is Diem?

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The Leader of the capitalist Republic of South Vietnam, Americans said he is to corrupt to support.

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Viet Cong?

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Communist Group in Vietnam.

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What was the Tonkin incident?

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Northern Vietnamese torpedo boat attacked American torpedo boat in the Gulf of Tonkin, this gave the Americans an excuse to escalate the war further.

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What is Gurerilla warfare?

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Tactic to help defeat the Americans by not wearing uniform and going around in small groups. (Viet Cong tactics)

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What was ‘Operation Rolling thunder’?

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More bombs were dropped in this war then the whole of WW2.

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What was ‘Search and Destroy’?

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US method to find and destroy Viet Cong members ‘Scorched Earth Policy’.

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Why did the USA become increasingly involved in Vietnam - Money?

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  • The Americans started pouring more and more money into the war and milatary equipmanet as they miss-interpreted about how much money it would cost to support the troops and the war effort.
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Why did the USA become increasingly involved in Vietnam - difficult?

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  • Didn’t realize how difficult it would be to take over Vietnam, more troops needed etc.
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Why did the USA become increasingly involved in Vietnam - communism?

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  • Americans are determined to stop Vietnam falling to communism, domino theory (other countries would follow), Johnson wanted to win.
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Why did the USA become increasingly involved in Vietnam - Cold War?

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  • USSR were sponsoring the Vietnamese, didn’t want to let them win.
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Why did the USA become increasingly involved in Vietnam - Popularity & Duty?

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  • Americans wanted to win to show that they were strong and that capitalism was the way forward. they felt it was there duty to fight to defend capitalism.
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The main problems that the Americans faced in Vietnam?

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  • They were fighting an experienced and committed Guerrilla army.
  • They did not fully understand the country - geography, language and culture.
  • My Lai massacre led to an awareness that the rest of the US were not backing the army at all. This led to low morale
  • They had expected a quick war.
  • The quality of soldiers decreased and it ended up many soldiers being sent to Vietnam after very little training.
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What were Viet Cong tactics in the Vietnam War?

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  • Conducted a campaign of terror against the South.
  • Used Guerilla warfare, they didn’t wear uniform and traveled round in small groups.
  • There aim was to ware down the enemy so they had weak morale.
  • They used complex tunneling so they could almost creep under the Americans. Some lived underground.
  • ‘Hearts and Minds’ tried to win over the support of the people so that they would support the campaign.
  • Used Jungle to there advantage.
  • Ruthless and refused to give in
  • Operated supply lines
  • Prepared to kill anyone and die for the cause.
  • They were defending there country.
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What were the main tactics of the Americans?

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  • Chemicals weapons, Agent Orange (toxic weed killer) 82 millions tonnes were used.
  • 7th Feb 1965 the USA launched operation rolling thunder which involved extensive bombing raids.
  • Scorched earth policy.
  • Napalm used to burn everything.
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Who’s tactics were more effective - Viet Cong?

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  • Arguments
    = Viet cong, they knew the terrain better.
    = The Americans were unsure who was Viet Cong.
    = Took them $400,000 to kill one Viet Cong becaue of this.
    = because they didn’t know who was Viet Cong they would kill innocent people making them look bad.
    = Tunneling and Guerilla warfare very effective.
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How much money to kill one Viet cong?

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$400,000

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Who’s tactics were more effective - American?

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  • Arguments
    = Use of chemical weapons is effective.
    = Scorched earth policy is effective.
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What was the Tet Offensive?

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In 1968 the Communists launched a major offensive. During the Tet New Year holiday, Viet Cong fighters attacked over 100 cities and other military targets. One Viet Cong commando unit tried to capture the Us embassy in Saigon for two days.

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How much were the Americans spending on the war?

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  • 500,000 troops in Vietnam and the US were spending $20 billion a year.
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Reasons why the American public increasingly opposed the Vietnam War?

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  • Expensive War took money away from the people.

- My Lai Massacare media attention

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Why did the media aid in the withdrawal of US forces from Vietnam?

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The Media were showing the most obscene pictures of the people that had been murdered by the USA in the massacres. As a result people began to protest against these massacres taking place there fore the government were forced to do something about it.

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Why did the returning soldiers have an effect of why the US forces where recalled from Vietnam?

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This was because of the fact that soldiers were coming back mentally ill because of the amount of people they had killed. seeing dead people was the norm for them.

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Why did Johnson have an effect of the withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam?

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He announces that the war can not be won by the military after the Tet Offensive

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Why did Vietnamistaion of the war effort have an effect of the US withdrawing forces from Vietnam?

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The Americans supported south Vietnam by building up its security forces. They replaced US forces with Vietnamese ones.

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Why did bombing campaigns effect the US withdrawing forces from Vietnam?

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Nixon increased bombing campaigns in North Vietnam and also in Veit-Cong bases in Cambodia causing outrage across the world and in the USA.

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What were the main agreements of peace in Vietnam?

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  • An immediate cease fire.
  • Release of all prisoners of war.
  • Full accounting of missing in action.
  • South Vietnam still being democratic.
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cost?

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$150 billion, in todays money $950 billion

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Effects of the Mai Lai Masaca and Tet Offensive

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the My Lai massacre showed Americans in a bad light which is why it really altered opinions on the war. The Tet Offensive suggested that the US forces were unprepared for war - it was humiliating for the Americans to be attacked in their own Embassy.

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