a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production
What is Communism
The peace agreement reached between the French and the Vietnamese which called for Vietnam to be divided at the 17th parallel.
What is Geneva Accords
the President of South Vietnam from 1955 until his assassination in 1963.
What is Ngô Đình Diệm
the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961
What is Dwight Eisenhower
with mounted machine guns, this type of tank could travel up to 30 mph and be used to provide support for U.S. and South Vietnamese troops.
What is M-48 tank
The ocean between the Americas and Aisa
What is the Pacific Ocean
The massive bombing campaign by the U.S. against No.Vietnam which began in March 1965. Caused many civilian deaths, but did not stop No. Vietnam from winning the war.
What is Operation Rolling Thunder?
led the South Vietnamese Army under President Diệm and was briefly leader of South Vietnam in 1963 and 1975. He was the last president.
What is Dương Văn Minh
the 35th President of the United States from 1961 until his death in 1963
What is John F. Kennedy
fired high-explosive shrapnel shells or “beehive” cartridges (thousands of small, sharp darts) at a rate of three to eight rounds per minute over a range of some 12,500 yards.
What is howitzers
Nickname given to people who supported American involvement in the Vietnam War.
Who are Harks?
Became the turning point of the war. During a Vietnamese holiday, the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched a massive, coordinated series of attacks in over 40 locations. Although the U.S. and South Vietnamese won, the American people did not believe we could win the war and slowly started to oppose U.S. involvement in the
What is Tet Offensive?
was a general who was in power from early 1964 to 1965.
What is Nguyễn Thành
the 37th President of the United States from 1969 until he resigned in 1974
What is Richard Nixon
were used to guard the perimeter around campsites; they could be triggered by trip wires or exploded manually.
What are Mines
South Vietnamese leader was assassinated by his own generals in 1963
Who is Ngo Dinh Diem
the US says North Vietnamese patrol boats fire on two US Navy destroyers. US Congress approves Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorising military action in region
What is Gulf of Tonkin incident?
was the President of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975
What is Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969.
What is Lyndon B. Johnson
is what the U.S. Air Force planes sprayed more than 19 million gallons of over 4.5 million acres of land in Vietnam from 1961 to 1972 as part of Operation Ranch Hand, a large-scale defoliation program aimed at eliminating forest cover for North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops, as well as crops that might be used to feed them.
What is Agent Orange
(a mixture of herbicides containing the toxic dioxin and was later revealed to cause serious health issues–including tumors, birth defects, rashes, psychological symptoms, and cancer–among returning U.S. servicemen and their families as well as among large sections of the Vietnamese population.)
the name of the now infamous massacre of hundreds of Vietnamese civilians by U.S. soldiers which took place on March 16, 1968
What is "My Lai Massacre"?
year that 200,000 American combat troops arrive in South Vietnam
What is 1965?
the Prime Minister of South Vietnam from 1965 to 1967 and the Vice President from 1967 to 1971.
What is Nguyễn Cao Kỳ
the 38th President of the United States from 1974 to 1977.
What is Gerald Ford
a bed of sharpened bamboo stakes that was concealed in a pit for enemy soldiers to stumble across.
What is Punji Stake Trap?