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Vietnam Flashcards

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Vietnam war

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1945-1975

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communist leader of North Vietnam
> wanted to unite North and South
> supported Vietcong in South

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ho chi minh

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president of South Vietnam
> strongly anti-communist
> brutal & unpopular leader

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ngo dinh diem

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National Liberation Front - communist guerilla soldiers fighting to overthrow Diem

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vietcong

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USA wanted to CONTAIN stop spread of communist in the world

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policy of containment

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Strategic Hamlet Program
> extensive security campaign called the Strategic Hamlet Program. The object of the program was to concentrate rural populations into more defensible positions where they could be more easily protected and segregated from the Viet Cong

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1962

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  • isolate peasants from Vietcong (southern rebels)
  • put them in compounds
  • alienated villagers
  • meant to avoid killing our allies
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strategic hamlet program

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Strategic Hamlet Program failed :
The Strategic Hamlet Program was unsuccessful, failing to stop the insurgency or gain support for the government from rural Vietnamese, it alienated many and helped and contribute to the growth in influence of the Viet Cong.

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1963

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Who did Ho Chi Minh send to South Vietnam to back up Vietcong?

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NVA > North Vietnamese Army

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gulf of tonkin

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august 1964

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LBJ ordered bombing of North Vietnam

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1965

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vietcong guerillas were helped by local people, but most of their supplies came down?

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ho chi minh trail

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war relying on the latest technology, including B-52 bomber planes, helicopters & chemical warefare
- also used “search and destroy” tactics

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high-tech war techniques

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Operation Rolling Thunder

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february 1965

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How did the USA measure their success in Vietnam?

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body count

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A war based on wearing the other side down by constant attacks and heavy losses
> General Westmoreland planned to kill so many Vietcong and NVA personnel that communists would give up

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war of attrition

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Napalm > weaponized mixture of chemicals designed to create a highly flammable and gelatinous liquid.
Agent Orange > tactical herbicide the U.S. military used to clear leaves and vegetation for military operations mainly during the Vietnam War. Veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange may have certain related cancers or other illnesses.
Agent Blue > tactical herbicide

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aspects of operation rolling thunder

18
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tet offensive

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1968

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my lai massacre

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march 1968

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President Richard Nixons strategy for ending U.S involvement in the vietnam war, involving a gradual withdrawl of American troops and replacement of them with South Vietnamese forces

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vietnamization

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Nixon ordered invasion of Cambodia & Laos
> aimed to disrupt Ho Chi Minh Trail & destroy Vietcong bases

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1970 & 1971

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Kent State University > American students shot dead by police in demonstration (brought war home - US citizens saw the extent to which govt would go)

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1970 - university protests

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Geneva Accords
> Geneva Agreements were signed. As part of the agreement, the French agreed to withdraw their troops from northern Vietnam. Vietnam would be temporarily divided at the 17th parallel, pending elections within two years to choose a president and reunite the country.

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1954

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Vietnamization

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1969-1975

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Cease-fire agreement ends Vietnam War

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1973

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Vietnam war ends > Vietcong captures Saigon

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1975

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Paris Peace Accords are signed, ending US involvement in Vietnam
> officially titled the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Viet Nam, was a peace treaty signed on January 27, 1973, to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War

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1973

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stage 1

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1954-1965

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stage 2

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1965-1969

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stage 3

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1969-1975

31
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JFK assassinated

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1963

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