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People(s)
Strategies
Failures
Events
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Communist army based in South Vietnam
What is Vietcong
100
Hand crafted by the Vietcongs and set especially in jungles to surprise US troops
What are booby traps or land mines
100
The plan to wear down failed to recognize...
The motives of the communist side
100
The Vietnam war ends on...
What is April 1975
200
Commander of US forces in Vietnam, including during Tet Offensive. Adopted strategies of attrition.
Who is General Westmoreland
200
Wearing down the enemy by deaths and materials. Adapted method by General Westmoreland
What is attrition
200
Lacked support from the public
Nationalists and Diem
200
Year in which the Vietnam soldiers had access to new weapons like the AK-47.
What is 1965
300
Assisted the North Vietnamese and Vietcong with providing weapons
What is the PRC
300
The US side used this to intimidate the losses of the communist side
What is body count
300
The casualties and nature of the war resulted the people to...
protest against sending soldiers
300
Tet Offensive- launched surprise attacks on 100 S Vietnam cities
What is January 31, 1968
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Supported the Vietcong from the North
Who is Ho Chi Minh
400
How the North Vietnamese hid their soldiers. US troops would not know when they were being shot at
What are underground tunnels
400
The war of attrition required...
Many soldiers for combat support in Vietnam
400
March on the Pentagon occurred on...
What is October 21, 1967?
500
President during which many American soldiers were drafted to serve in Vietnam
Who is Lyndon Johnson
500
A traditional style of warfare where groups of stealthy combatants launch surprise attacks on enemy
What is guerilla warfare
500
The search and destroy tactic was mostly unsuccessful since...
The Vietcong forces were able to hide among the normal populace
500
President Johnson orders a halt in the bombing on..
What is December 25 1965