The Vietnam War

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________ "to use all necessary measures to protect US interests in Vietnam.

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

________ 1964 provides justification for the escalation.

Pre WWII

French Occupation

Post-WWII

French attempt to regain control

1954

French Defeat @ Dien Bien Phu

Tet Offensive

Military victory, political defeat

Role of detente

political pressure

South Vietnam

Capitalist

Catholic

Very unpopular

North Vietnam

Communist

Lead by Ho Chi Minh

Dictatorship

Gulf of Tonkin

Vietnam forces “attack” US ship and US goes to war because of this

Vietnam never shot at the US ship

Domino Theory

We must stop Vietnam form becoming Communist or else the rest of Asia will become communist

Rolling Thunder

Tactic by the US to bomb Vietnam most as possible

Bombed Vietnam more than bombing than WWII

Vietnamization

Plan by Nixon to slowly take out troops from Vietnam and leave the fighting to the Vietnamese

War Crimes

The US committed many War Crimes in Asia and against Cambodia as they bombed them while not at war with them.

Geneva Convention

France gives up Indochina

Vietnam split at 17th parallel

Tactics in Vietnam

Bombing

Fire

Napalm

At home

This was the first war ever to be broadcasted to the American public

People saw the terror in Vietnam

W or L

The US loses this war with 60K troops killed

The Draft

The higher the social class the less likely you are to be drafted to go to war

Makes people very angry

Discriminates against the poor

What time period was the Vietnam War?

November 1, 1955

to

April 30, 1975