beginning of the war)
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Gulf of Tonkin Incident
►July 31, 1964 ►South troop retreated in defeat by Viet Cong ►American destroyer “Maddox” was attacked ►America counterattack ►Both though opposite side had a calculated
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Vietnam after the war
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Battle types
►Jungle warfare
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Battle types
►Guerrilla war
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Popular cultural after the war
►Vietnam war in film, TV, games, literature, video, musicians and songwriters
►North Vietnam fight with France for 9 years. ►North Vietnam won ►Geneva Conference, 1954
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Beginning of Vietnam War
►Viet Cong in the south ►Cold War ►JFK dispatched a special troop (marked
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America injured soldiers were
waiting for rescue
U.S helicopter spraying chemical defoliants in the jungle, south Vietnam
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Affect on China
►Support and help Vietnam ►Big pressure in finance ►Don not be on one side with China ►Sino-Vietnamese War
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background
►After WWII, 1945, Ho Chi Minh established north Vietnam at Hanoi; Emperor Bao Da established south Vietnam at Saigon
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Operation Rolling Thunder
►Tight ►Adviser of China and the Soviet Union ►underground ►Useless ►Westmoreland Search and destroy
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Tet Offensive
► January 30,1968 ► North army and Viet Cong attacked almost all
►Trinh Cong Son, famous songwriter for his anti-war songs
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Trinh Cong Son and his master
attack ►America participated more and more
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Battle of la Drang
►The first large battle ►Draw ►North Vietnam decided not to fight with
American troops head-to-head ►Guerilla warfare
South Vietnam cities. ► Because weapons behind, failed ► Recover ability of attack soon ► Cause anti-war in America ► Turning point
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America Withdrawal
►January 27,1973 :Paris Peace Accords
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End of Vietnam War
► Easter Offensive ►1974, North army occupied most southern
villages
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Aftermath
► United States absorb lessons of the military intervention, great financial cost, great causalities,
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1ge civilian death ►Orphans and barren land ►Sino-Vietnamese War ►Economic bust, inflation ►“Boat people “
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Rubble in the city
►March 31, 1968 : President Johnson made a speech，end “Operation Rolling Thunder”
►June, 1968 General Abrams took over command
►1969, Nixon became president : Vietnamization and pull out troops
► Chemical defoliation defoliate countryside, change landscape, cause
disease, poison the food chain ► Casualties
Both the US and Vietnam had casualties
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Affect on America
►The longest war ►Anti-war sentiment ►Change America’s position in cold war ►Cooperate with China ►Racial problems and human rights issues’