Developments in Vietnam War
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- Developments in Vietnam War
- Methods of fighting
- Tactics used
- My Lai Massacre 1968
- 16th March 1968
- Killed innocent civilians/4000 killed ing the first 4 hours
- Nixon became president
- Caused 700,000 to protest in washington D.C
- November 1964
- Protests
- War went on for too long (24 years)
- 16th March 1968
- The Tet Offensive 1968
- Viet Cong attacked over 100 citiesand other military targets
- VietCong
- Did wear uniform
- Aimed to lower US morale
- ambushes
- Punji sticks
- US Army
- rocket launchers
- machine guns
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- machine guns
- South Vietnam opposed US but they were fighting on South Viet. Land
- Gulf of Tonkin Incident, August 1964
- My Lai Massacre 1968
- Conventional fighting
- Modern tactics killed the wrong people
- Demoralised troops
- Low Morale
- Soldiers developed a drug problem
- 3/4 soldiers were habitual users
- Desertion Reates were high
- Shot their own officers
- Soldiers became "time-servers"
- Did not want to fight
- Protest Movement
- Draft
- October 1965, Draft increased to 33,000 a month
- Protests
- War went on for too long (24 years)
- Protests
- Average age: 19
- October 1965, Draft increased to 33,000 a month
- Media coverage
- Muhammad Ali's refusal
- Draft
- October 1965, Draft increased to 33,000 a month
- Average age: 19
- October 1965, Draft increased to 33,000 a month
- Draft
- First televised war (non-censored)
- Muhammad Ali's refusal
- Draft
- Protest Movement
- Soldiers developed a drug problem
- Low Morale
- Demoralised troops
- Inexperienced men
- Modern tactics killed the wrong people
- Unconventional fighting (Guerilla)
- Viet cong tunnel system
- Appropriate for nature of conflict
- Supplied by USSR and CHINA
- Used to environment
- South Viet. peasants helped
- 58,000 Americans were killed
- Desertion Reates were high
- Tactics used
- Protest Movement
- Media coverage
- Muhammad Ali's refusal
- First televised war (non-censored)
- Muhammad Ali's refusal
- Media coverage
- Politics
- USA's unpopularity in South Vietnam
- USA's unpopularity in South Vietnam
- Low Morale
- Soldiers developed a drug problem
- 3/4 soldiers were habitual users
- Shot their own officers
- Soldiers became "time-servers"
- Did not want to fight
- Soldiers developed a drug problem
- Methods of fighting
- Advanced equipment
- Conventional fighting
- Modern tactics killed the wrong people
- Demoralised troops
- Demoralised troops
- Inexperienced men
- Modern tactics killed the wrong people
- Conventional fighting
- Vietnam War
- To stop communism
- The "Domino Theory"
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