Vietnam keywords Flashcards
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The Vietnamese forces were able to surround the French forces at Dien Bien Phu forcing the French to surrender and give up their colony
President elected in south Vietnam 1955
Ngo Dinh Diem
Vietcong set up
Set up by Ho Chi Minh to oppose the southern dictator Diem
Strategic hamlet project
Moving Vietnamese out of their villages and in to their camps to remove the Vietcongs influence but they had no choice if they moved and their villages had burial grounds on so it lead to anger at the US so lead to recruitments to the Vietcong
Diem overthrown
Diem’s generals led a military coup because he was creating opposition by discriminating against Buddhists which was the national religion and meant the south Vietnamese didn’t want him either
The gulf of Tonkin incident
when a north Vietnamese ship fired at the USS Maddox later it was claimed that there was a second attack but there was no evidence of this
Operation rolling thunder
American bombing campaign of north Vietnam from the 2nd of March 1965 to the 2nd of November 1968
Tet offensive
Large scale attack on the southern Vietnamese cities the Americans regained control and more Vietcong died then Americans but it showed the American public that the Vietcong were not on their last legs
My Lai massacre
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Vietnamisation
Nixons policy of vietnamisation
operation rolling thunder
the bombing campaign by America in north Vietnam from the 2nd of March 1965 to the 2nd of November 1968
Tet offensive
a large scale attack led by the north on South Vietnamese cities it led to high North Vietnamese casualties but it showed the American people that the Vietcong were not on the verge of defeat
my Lai massacre
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vietnamistion
Nixon’s policy of withdrawal from Vietnam he would also give more power to the south Vietnamese government
attacks on Cambodia and Laos
Nixon bombed Cambodia and Laos where the Ho Chi Minh trail was however done without Congress knowing
