Conflict in Vietnam, 1964-68 (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
📚Flashcards
Practise the cards
13 cards from this deck
ShowHide
Practise the cards
13 cards from this deck
Type of warfare used by Vietcong
Type of warfare used by Vietcong
Guerrilla tactics
Purpose of VC underground tunnel networks
Purpose of VC underground tunnel networks
Surprise attacks, store supplies, hide, treat wounded
Length of Cu Chi tunnels near Saigon
Length of Cu Chi tunnels near Saigon
Over 200 kilometres
How VC avoided identification by US forces
How VC avoided identification by US forces
Blended with civilians, wore no uniforms
Why VC avoided open battles with US
Why VC avoided open battles with US
US had superior firepower advantage
US bombing campaign launched Feb 1965
US bombing campaign launched Feb 1965
Operation Rolling Thunder
Key supply route targeted in Rolling Thunder
Key supply route targeted in Rolling Thunder
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Cities avoided in Rolling Thunder
Cities avoided in Rolling Thunder
Hanoi and Haiphong
US tactic to locate & eliminate VC camps
US tactic to locate & eliminate VC camps
Search and destroy operations
Fatal flaw of search & destroy operations
Fatal flaw of search & destroy operations
VC returned after US troops left areas
Start date of Tet Offensive
Start date of Tet Offensive
30 January 1968
Tet Offensive military vs psychological result
Tet Offensive military vs psychological result
Military defeat but psychological victory for North Vietnam
Purpose of US chemical weapons like napalm
Purpose of US chemical weapons like napalm
Destroy jungle cover and crops