Vietcong & Vietnamization
Guerilla Warfare
Tet Offensive
Dien Bien Phu
Ho Chi Minh & Ngo Dinh Diem
100

Who were the Viet Cong?

Vietnamese Communist

100

What was Guerilla Warfare?

A military strategy 

100
Where did the war take place?
In Vietnam
100
When did the war start?
1959
100
When did the war end?
1975
200

Who were they allied with ?

North Vietnam and the troops of Ho Chi Minh 

200

Who was apart of Guerilla Warfare?

paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, and irregulars

200
Why did Ho Chi Minh invade South Vietnam?
He wanted to unite Vietnam uder communist rule
200
When did the US send troops to Vietnam?
1965
200
When did North Vietnam capture Saigon?
April 30, 1975
300

Where did the name "viet cong" come from 

the phrase "cong san Viet Nam"

300
Who was the commander of US troops from 1968-1973?
Creighton Abrams
300
When was a peace accord signed in Paris?
January 27, 1974
300
Who was the President of the United States when troops were first sent to Vietnam?
Lyndon Johnson
300
Who was elected president towards the middle of US involvement in the war?
Richard Nixon
400

When did the vietnamization start ?

January 28, 1969

400
When did peace talks begin?
January 25, 1969
400
When did Vietnam officialy become united under communist rule?
July 2, 1976
400
What did Vietnam name itself after it was divided?
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
400
Why did Congress decide to let troops go to Vietnam?
North Vietnameese troops fired at two US ships
500

Who created the policy of vietnamization?

Richard Nixon 

500
How many US troops were wounded?
153,303
500
How many US soldiers were missing in action?
1,948
500
How many South Vietnamese soldiers were killed?
230,000
500
How many North Vietnamese soldiers were killed?
1,100,000
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