Vietcong Tactics
Main tactic of the Vietcong.
What is Guerilla Warfare?
In 1962, America almost came close to nuclear war with the USSR during this event.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Conscription of men to the Armed Forces, 1965-1974.
What is the Draft?
A chemical weapon which was widely used by the United States during the Vietnam War.
What is Agent Orange?
The Vietcong would use this to transport troops from North Vietnam to the South.
What is the Ho Chi Ming Trail?
A structure that separated the capitalist and communist worlds in Europe.
What is the Berlin Wall?
The Government increased this by 10%.
What is Taxes?
The US would go on missions to locate and eliminate enemy forces.
What is 'search and destroy'?
The main ally of the Vietcong.
What is the USSR?
What is the Domino Theory?
This group of Americans thought that the war was a localized civil war not Cold War battle.
What are the Doves?
A jellied petroleum that was very difficult to extinguish.
What is Napalm?
This was the main advantage of the Vietcong over the US Armed Forces.
What is 'Home Advantage'?
The 35th President of the USA in 1961.
What is President John F. Kennedy?
Many Black Americans refused to go to Vietnam due to an issue still being fought in the USA.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
This tactic forced the US to have ground troops in Vietnam due to their ships and aircraft carriers being vulnerable to attack.
Operation Rolling Thunder
The Vietcong would avoid this at all costs.
What is a field battle?
The 88th Congress of the USA passed this resolution on 5th August 1964 to give President Johnson military powers.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
Troops from the US involved in Vietnam increased from 186,000 to 500,000 in three years.
What is escalation?
An elite fighting force of the US Military first used in Vietnam.