vietnam war Flashcards
What year did American troops first land in Vietnam?
1965.
What was the supply line called?
The Ho Chi Minh Trail
What countries did the Ho Chi Minh Trail run through?
Laos and Cambodia, two neighboring countries
What was the Tet Offensive?
The Tet Offensive was a massive attack on South Vietnam by the Vietcong. It took place on the Tet New Year.
How many members were involved in taking over the US Embassy during the Tet Offensive?
18 members were involved.
What are the 5 responses the US had to the Vietcong?
Hearts and Minds, Gulf of Tonkin, Operation Rolling Thunder,Search and Destroy and Chemical Warfare
What is the Vietcong’s method of fighting called?
Guerrilla Warfare
In what year did the My Lai Massacre happened?
1968
Who was the leader of South Vietnam, and was he communist or anti-communist?
Diem, he was anti-communist
What are ‘guerrilla tactics’ and who used them?
The method of fighting used by the Vietcong, mostly booby traps and ambushes
What were Search and Destroy missions?
US soldiers went into villages in search for the Vietcong. They destroyed villages and anybody who was found living there was killed/tortured.
Who was supplying the Vietcong?
North Vietnam
Who were the ARVN?
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam
What happened in Dien Bien Phu, 1954?
The Vietminh defeated the French troops
Who were the Vietminh?
They were a communist resistance movement. Their leader was former school teacher, Ho Chi Minh.
What was the Domino Theory?
The US believed that if communism wasn’t put to a stop in Vietnam then other countries in South-East Asia would fall into communist control by ‘falling like dominoes’. So the US wanted to contain communism.
What happened at the Geneva Convention in 1954?
An agreement was designed to unite Vietnam and it was agreed that elections should be held every 2 years. Eisenhower was worried that communists might win and come into power, so he helped Ngo Dinh Diem to set up anti-communist Republic of South Vietnam. The Geneva Convention divided Vietnam into 2 countries along the 17th parallel.
