Vietnam
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- Created on: 27-03-15 22:59
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- Vietnam
- Vietnam and the USA
- Vietnam was once a French Colony
- After the war, the French tried to re-establish control of Vietnam
- America gave aid to France as Ho Chi Minh was communist
- The French were defeated by the Viet Minh
- America gave aid to France as Ho Chi Minh was communist
- After the war, the French tried to re-establish control of Vietnam
- Japan invaded in WW2
- The Viet Minh fought back
- Lead by Ho Chi Minh
- After the war, Vietnam became an independent republic
- The Viet Minh fought back
- Geneva Agreement
- Vietnam was divided in two
- Ho Chi Minh lead the north
- The north was communist
- Ngo Dihn Diem lead the south
- The south was 'democratic' and supported by the americans
- They hoped he would prevent the spread of communism
- The south was 'democratic' and supported by the americans
- National Liberation Front
- Also known as the Vietcong
- Their aim was to reunite Vietnam
- Domino Theory
- Believed if Vietnam became communist then surrounding countries would become communist
- The USA thought that it would affect all of asia
- They were even more worried because the USSR and China were also communist
- They are huge countries with a large influence
- They were even more worried because the USSR and China were also communist
- The Gulf Of Tonkin Incident
- Provided an excuse for the USA to escalate activity in Vietnam
- The USS Maddox claimed that they had been attacked by North Vietnamese Torpedoes
- Johnson ordered bombing raids and more troops to Vietnam
- Vietnam was once a French Colony
- The Armies
- The USA
- Well Supplied
- Had heavy air power
- But they couldn't use it
- Unlimited economic resources
- Access to advanced technology
- 2.8 million troops available
- Had heavy air power
- Effective Tactics
- Bombings and raids
- Bombs hit their own troops
- Chemical Weapons
- Agent Orange
- Highly toxic 'weedkiller'
- Napalm
- Burned through the skin
- Caused the deaths of innocent civilians
- Agent Orange
- Air power
- Couldn't risk hitting their own troops
- Search and destroy tactics
- Killed innocent Civilians
- Caused a loss in support from US citizens
- Intel was often outdated
- Killed innocent Civilians
- Bombings and raids
- Public Support
- Didn't have support of the peasants
- Didn't accept the body count that they were leaving behind
- Average age was nineteen
- Committed and skilful soldiers
- Soldiers lacked experience
- Weren't fighting for anything important to them
- Low morale
- Some soldiers started taking drugs
- Bad teamwork
- Fragging happened throughout the ranks
- Fragging - deliberately killing officers
- Fragging happened throughout the ranks
- Only in Vietnam for one year
- Just when they had become experienced, the soldiers left again
- Well Supplied
- Vietcong
- Well supplied
- Supplied by the USSR and China
- Their technology wasn't as advanced as the USA
- Air power was lacking in particular
- Had 8000 anti-aircraft guns
- 200 anti-aircraft missile sites
- Effective Tactics
- They knew the terrain, The Americans didn't
- They had booby traps set up
- Spike pits
- Trip wire traps
- Hit and run tactics
- They fought the American forces and then ran away before they could retaliate
- Guerrilla warfare
- The Vietcong had no uniforms
- Allowed them to blend in with civilians
- Had the Ho Chi Minh trail
- The trail changed continuously
- The trail ran straight through the jungle
- Supplied weapons to the VC
- Had a terror campaign running in South Vietnam against their opponents
- The Vietcong had no uniforms
- Support of the locals
- Won support of south Vietnamese peasants that were alienated by Diem
- Not everyone wanted the war to happen
- Helped the local people. I.E: Farmers
- Committed soldiers
- It was their own territory
- Unlimited supply of soldiers
- Experienced in jungle warfare
- Well supplied
- The USA
- Opposition to the war
- Political
- Diem was a corrupt dictator
- USA claimed to be fighting for democracy
- Media
- Television showed exactly what was happening in Vietnam
- Showed everyone what US soldiers were doing
- US Casualties
- Injuries increased over the years
- Ex-soldiers formed Vietnam Veterans against the war
- Tet Offensive
- Indicated the war wasn't going to be won
- The VC attacked hundreds of cities and towns
- Cons to the TET Offensive
- Vietcong
- Hue was destroyed
- Lost 10,000 soldiers
- No one from South Vietnam rose up and joined them
- USA
- Raised a lot of questions about what really happened in the war
- Lost a lot of soldiers
- Gave communists a psychological victory
- Johnson gave up on being re-elected
- Attitudes towards the war changed
- £20 billion was wasted per year
- The media turned against the war
- Vietcong
- Operation Phoenix
- Arrested a lot of VC members, but also arrested a lot of civilians
- Tortured them to get intel
- Political
- Pressures
- Congress didn't want to waste US money
- Nixon had promised to end US involvement in Vietnam during the 1968 elections
- Didn't want to lose to communism
- The war was unpopular with the American people
- Strategies
- Peace negotiations with North Vietnam
- Signed peace treaty
- Handed the war over to South Vietnamese troops
- Increased bombing + raids on VC in Cambodia
- Vietnam and the USA
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