The Vietnam War (Grade 12 NSC Matric History): Flashcards
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Viet Cong alternative name
Viet Cong alternative name
People's Liberation Armed Forces (PLAF)
Ho Chi Minh Trail purpose
Ho Chi Minh Trail purpose
Supply route for military supplies to Viet Cong
Ho Chi Minh's adapted strategy
Ho Chi Minh's adapted strategy
Guerrilla tactics
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution effect
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution effect
Gave Johnson broad military powers in Vietnam
Domino Theory
Domino Theory
If one country falls to communism, others follow
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder
Massive US bombing campaign ordered by Johnson
Agent Orange effects
Agent Orange effects
Defoliation and chromosomal damage in humans
Tet Offensive year and type
Tet Offensive year and type
1968 massive coordinated attack by North Vietnam
Vietnamisation definition
Vietnamisation definition
Training South Vietnamese to replace American troops
30 April 1975 significance
30 April 1975 significance
North Vietnamese captured Saigon, ending the war