Agent Orange
Why would you call a herbicide "Agent Orange"?
due to the color-coding system -> the gallons having orange stripes for recognition
In this year the US and North Vietnam officials for the first time successfully set peace by meeting in Paris.
January 1973
Why were Russia and China supporting North Vietnam?
due to having similar ideology, same enemy and to gaining influence in the region
-> Cold War rivalry, proxy wars
Agent Orange destroyed this type of natural vegetation.
Forests, jungle
What kind of protests emerged during the Vietnam War?
peace protests - hippie movement
What was the total amount of gallons/liters of Agent Orange sprayed during the Vietnam War?
approx. 20 million gallons - 76 million liters
The chemical spraying campaign occurred over this many years.
1962-1971 -> 9 years
What were USA's interests?
stopping the expansion of communism
-> the Domino-Theorie
Dioxin in Agent Orange remains in soil and water for this long.
decades
How many American soldiers suffered from PTSD and therefore fell more easily into drug abuse?
700,000 - 900,000
Exposure to Agent Orange can have these kinds of long-term effects.
cancer, birth defects, diabetes, earlier onsets of dementia
When did US involvement with ground troops start and why?
1965 - the Gulf of Tonkin incident (1964)
Why did the US not just invade North Vietnam to stop the war?
1.They feared China's response.
2. The Domino Theory is about stopping further expansion of communism not neutralizing any communist state.
-> Congress didn't approve.
Napalm is what kind of war weaponry?
The government of Vietnam estimates this many people have suffered illness because of Agent Orange.
3 Million
These were the main purposes for using Agent Orange.
defoliating forests to reduce enemy cover and destroying the food supply of the population
In this year the Viet Cong/North Vietnamese successfully took over South Vietnam's capital Saigon.
1975
How many US soldiers served in South Vietnam during the entire conflict?
approx. 2,7 million
The US deployed this many bombs over Vietnam during the entire conflict destroying hundreds of thousands of hectares of farmland.
7 million tonnes of bombs
This many Vietnamese died by the hands of the following communist regime in the united Vietnam after the war.
Due to re-education camps approx. 250,000 and the "Boat People" approx. 200,000