Conflict in Asia - Vietnam War 2
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- Created on: 04-10-19 20:16
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- The Vietnam War (2)
- Vietcong tactics
- Guerrilla tactics
- Surprise attacks, ambushes and booby traps
- Useful because they did not have the military strength to participate in direct conflict
- Surprise attacks, ambushes and booby traps
- Traps
- Guerrilla tactics
- Surprise attacks, ambushes and booby traps
- Useful because they did not have the military strength to participate in direct conflict
- Surprise attacks, ambushes and booby traps
- Punji traps, bouncing betty, etc.
- Intended to injure troops and slow down a group
- Mental warfare - they were always on edge and wary - low morale
- Some were made from unexploded US bombs
- Guerrilla tactics
- Hearts and minds
- Helped the Vietnamese people which made them more likely to help them
- Villagers hid them during S&D raids and made traps/transported supplies
- Helped the Vietnamese people which made them more likely to help them
- Allies
- They used their allies' fighter jets and anti-aircraft guns (USSR and China)
- Tunnels
- Hundreds of miles of tunnel networks to hide from bombing and ambush soldiers
- US tried to use 'tunnel rats' to stop this
- Guerrilla tactics
- US tactics
- Targeted bombing - Operation Rolling Thunder from 1965 - 1968
- Somewhat successful as many VC were killed but targets were limited in fear of making China/USSR enter war
- Search and destroy
- Missions to kill any VC but many innocents were killed too as it is hard to tell them apart
- Made US very unpopular in S Vietnam
- Missions to kill any VC but many innocents were killed too as it is hard to tell them apart
- Chemical weapons
- Agent Orange and Agent Blue - designed to remove foliage from forest but caused generations of birth defects and illness
- Napalm was intended for the same purpose but led to severe injuries and buns for many civilians
- Agent Orange and Agent Blue - designed to remove foliage from forest but caused generations of birth defects and illness
- Targeted bombing - Operation Rolling Thunder from 1965 - 1968
- The Tet Offensive
- January 1968 - surprise attack
- NVA attacked US bases (1st example of open warfare in Vietnam)
- Military success for US as they regained control after several hours
- 2000 deaths for VC but only 1000 for America
- VC held US Embassy for several hours - this scared the US public as they thought they were winning the war
- Media victory for the VC - provoked extreme protests in US as people saw they were far from winning
- They realised that the government had been lying and covering up things - mistrust
- LBJ refused to give the extra 200,000 soldiers that they asked for and did not run again for president
- They realised that the government had been lying and covering up things - mistrust
- Vietnamisation
- Nixon's secret plan to end US involvement without letting the North win
- They would train up the ARVN so they could fight alone then withdraw US troops
- Bombing will increase
- 1st set of troops withdrawn in 1969 (there was 549,500 overall in Vietnam) but by 1971 there was only 140000
- Unsuccessful - led to worsened morale and decreased support of war due to increased bombing
- ARVN was not strong enough and suffered many defeats
- Vietcong tactics
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