Strategy 1: Military Pressure 1969-71
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- Military Pressure: 1969-1971 Bombing (S1)
- The invasion of Cambodia
- Clear Ho Chi Minh Trail
- Create space for Vietnamisation
- Reassure Saigon
- N.Vietnam launched offensive in Laos- Lon Nol forced N.Vietnam to withdraw
- Target COVN HQ
- Nixon secretly used US aid
- Clear Ho Chi Minh Trail
- Madman Strategy
- Nixon met with Theiu to discuss US withdrawal
- However the same month 25,000 troops withdrew
- Autumn 1970 reduced to 45,000 troops
- Summer 1971 down to 335,000 US troops
- US casualties began to decline
- Summer 1971 down to 335,000 US troops
- Autumn 1970 reduced to 45,000 troops
- However the same month 25,000 troops withdrew
- Nixon pressured Ho into negotiations
- Bombing threats used to frighten Hanoi
- Nixon met with Theiu to discuss US withdrawal
- Accelerated Pacification Campaign
- 90 day time frame
- RF and PF forces destroyed Viet Cong infrastructure
- Clear and hold strategy
- Failed upon US withdrawal
- ARVN increased
- Failed upon US withdrawal
- Encouraged economic development
- 1971 Invasion of Laos
- January ARVN forces supported Laos Offensive
- PAVN supplies cut off
- PAVN forces defeated ARVN in Russian tanks
- PAVN supplies cut off
- January ARVN forces supported Laos Offensive
- The invasion of Cambodia
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