Vietnam

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  • Vietnam
    • Nixon
      • Vietnamisation
        • US withdrawal of troops
          • 1970 - 415,000
          • 1971 - 239,000
          • 1972 - 47,000
        • Strengthening SV troops
          • ARVN increased from 82,000 in 1968 to one million in 1970
          • ARVN casualties increased
          • Soldiers selected on Loyalty not ability
          • Morale was low
        • Operation Linebacker
        • Dependent on US support
        • Increase of commitment directly opposes Vietnamisation
      • June 1970 - Senate removed Gulf of tonkin resolution
      • Cambodia and Laos
        • No strategic gains
        • Massive loss by the NV
        • large amounts of NV supplies and equipment destroyed
        • Increase of commitment directly opposes Vietnamisation
        • April 1970 - 20,000 troops for Cambodia
          • Opposes NIxon policy of withdrawal
            • US withdrawal of troops
              • 1970 - 415,000
              • 1971 - 239,000
              • 1972 - 47,000
      • 1973 - Congress forces the end of bombing in NV
      • Peace
        • Feb 1970 - Kissinger met Le Duc Tho
        • Paris Peace Accords
          • January 1973
          • March 1973 - US forces left VIetnam
        • Peace with Honour
    • LBJ
      • My Lai Massacre
        • 300-600 dead mainly women and children
        • Public outrage
    • Tet Offensive
      • January - September 1968
      • Johnson refused to send in more troops
  • Robert McNamara stood down as secretary of defense
    • February 1968
      • Vietnam
        • Nixon
          • Vietnamisation
            • Strengthening SV troops
              • ARVN increased from 82,000 in 1968 to one million in 1970
              • ARVN casualties increased
              • Soldiers selected on Loyalty not ability
              • Morale was low
            • Operation Linebacker
            • Dependent on US support
          • June 1970 - Senate removed Gulf of tonkin resolution
          • Cambodia and Laos
            • No strategic gains
            • Massive loss by the NV
            • large amounts of NV supplies and equipment destroyed
            • April 1970 - 20,000 troops for Cambodia
              • Opposes NIxon policy of withdrawal
            • 1973 - Congress forces the end of bombing in NV
            • Peace
              • Feb 1970 - Kissinger met Le Duc Tho
              • Paris Peace Accords
                • January 1973
                • March 1973 - US forces left VIetnam
              • Peace with Honour
          • LBJ
            • My Lai Massacre
              • 300-600 dead mainly women and children
              • Public outrage
          • Tet Offensive
            • January - September 1968
            • Johnson refused to send in more troops
      • Replaced by Clark Clifford, doubted US involvement

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