Vietnam Flashcards
Chemical weapon used by the USA that destroyed crops and poisoned water supplies
Agent blue
The battle in 1954 where the Viet minh defeated the French soon after the USA stepped in
Dien bien phu
The leader of the USSR from 1964 to 1982
Leonid Brezhnev
Nationalist leader of the Viet minh and North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Hit and run tactics of the Viet Cong used against the USA using the land and conditions to frustrate the US troops.
Gorilla warfare
South Vietnamese army
ARVN
The agreements made after the French left Vietnam in 1954
Geneva accords
The chemical weapon used to this toiletries so that the Vietcong and Vietminh could not use the jungles
Agent Orange
A bay of North Vietnam where the USS maddox, and navy warship, claim to have been attacked by the North Vietnamese
Gulf of Tonkin
What came first, Dien Bien Phu or The gulf of Tonkin
Dien bien phu
What is the significance of my lai
A Vietnamese village where about 350 people were shot dead by US troops in March 1968
Firebombs used to devastating effects for the US Army during the Vietnam War
Napalm