The Vietnam War lasted from 1964 to 1973 and involved five US presidencies. It began as an effort to prevent South Vietnam from falling to communism under Ho Chi Minh and the North Vietnamese. The US initially provided support but gradually escalated its involvement through bombing campaigns and increasing troop levels. However, the Tet Offensive in 1968 showed that the US was not making progress in defeating the Viet Cong insurgency in the South. Protests at home grew as the human and financial costs mounted. The Paris Peace Accords in 1973 established a ceasefire and led to the withdrawal of US troops, though South Vietnam would fall to communism two years later. In total, over 58,000 US troops died and millions of Vietnamese.
The Vietnam War lasted from 1964 to 1973 and involved five US presidencies. It began as an effort to prevent South Vietnam from falling to communism under Ho Chi Minh and the North Vietnamese. The US initially provided support but gradually escalated its involvement through bombing campaigns and increasing troop levels. However, the Tet Offensive in 1968 showed that the US was not making progress in defeating the Viet Cong insurgency in the South. Protests at home grew as the human and financial costs mounted. The Paris Peace Accords in 1973 established a ceasefire and led to the withdrawal of US troops, though South Vietnam would fall to communism two years later. In total, over 58,000 US troops died and millions of Vietnamese.
The Vietnam War lasted from 1964 to 1973 and involved five US presidencies. It began as an effort to prevent South Vietnam from falling to communism under Ho Chi Minh and the North Vietnamese. The US initially provided support but gradually escalated its involvement through bombing campaigns and increasing troop levels. However, the Tet Offensive in 1968 showed that the US was not making progress in defeating the Viet Cong insurgency in the South. Protests at home grew as the human and financial costs mounted. The Paris Peace Accords in 1973 established a ceasefire and led to the withdrawal of US troops, though South Vietnam would fall to communism two years later. In total, over 58,000 US troops died and millions of Vietnamese.
The Vietnam War lasted from 1964 to 1973 and involved five US presidencies. It began as an effort to prevent South Vietnam from falling to communism under Ho Chi Minh and the North Vietnamese. The US initially provided support but gradually escalated its involvement through bombing campaigns and increasing troop levels. However, the Tet Offensive in 1968 showed that the US was not making progress in defeating the Viet Cong insurgency in the South. Protests at home grew as the human and financial costs mounted. The Paris Peace Accords in 1973 established a ceasefire and led to the withdrawal of US troops, though South Vietnam would fall to communism two years later. In total, over 58,000 US troops died and millions of Vietnamese.
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VIETNAM WAR 1964-1973
Background 5 presidencies (Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford) France out in 1954 Cold War Stuff Hot War 1964-1973
Division of Vietnam
Geneva Conference, 1954 -- 17th parallel
Elections Ngo Dinh Diems South Ho Chi Minh leader of communists in North Vietnam
Why We Fight Domino Theory Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma
Who We Fight Vietcong South Vietminh North Officially called the NLF (National Liberation Front) Civil War
LBJs War "Im not going to be the president who saw Southeast Asia go the way China went." Dean Rusk, Sec. of State Robert McNamara, Sec. of Defense Non-Communist Govt.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 1964
Official Story Aug.2 Unprovoked Attack on U.S.S. Maddox Aug. 4 Follow up Attack Aug. 7 LBJ introduces Resolution demanding power to take all necessary steps to prevent further aggression Congress Complies
Truth Behind the
Truth Aug. 2 USS Maddox was not on regular patrol. It was gathering intel for S. Vietnam Aug. 4 attack never even happened Media jumped on LBJ bandwagon As did Congress
"For all I know, our
Navy was shooting at whales out there." -LBJ, 1965
Operation Rolling Thunder
US Escalates Quagmire Domino Theory!! US bombing "Ho Chi Minh Trail"
Napalm & Agent Orange
Napalm tough jelly burns Agent Orange kills vegetation G.I. Cancer
Jungle War
Search & destroy
Charlie Vietcong backyard "Pacification" Avg GI = 19
Tet Offensive, 1968
Tet New Year, Jan 30. 1968 VC attack! Effects
1968 Homefront
Tet Offensive My Lai Massacre Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated Robert Kennedy assassinated Riot outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Nixons victory ushered in an era of political conservatism Stokely Carmichael & Black Panthers Summer of Love
Nixons War 1969 Secret Plan? Nope. 4 more years, thousands lost Lottery draft "Vietnamization" Nixon Doctrine
Silent Majority Speech
Large-scale protests My Lai Massacre, 1968 (revealed to public in 1969) By October 1969, 2 million protest Silent Majority Protestors were divisive
"Pentagon Papers" 1971
Classified docs leaked to press Govt. deception Primary reason for fighting was not to eliminate communism but to "avoid a humiliating political defeat." Gulf of Tonkin truth revealed
Paris Accords (1973)
N. Vietnam controls South
US POWs freed US withdraws Nixon: "Peace with honor" Critics: "Could have come to this agreement 4 years earlier." March 29, 1973 last troops out S. Vietnam falls in 1975 Saigon Ho Chi Minh City
Costs of the War
58,000 dead Americans
300,000 wounded MIA -2,583 Over 2 million Vietnamese dead MIAs - 300,000 No Great Society Public Distrust (Watergate also) 26th Amendment
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