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Operation Rolling Thunder
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Thought to be a short war, but it ended up lasting for 3 years! 8 million tons of bombs were used.
-Its aim is to force North Vietnam to stop supporting Vietcong guerrillas in the South. -This bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail(cant destroy/only alter) -*when they first sent troops |
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Protests Escalade
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Veterans staged Rally in NYC
-Burnt their draft cards -Hippies were present (doves, peace and love) -*showed no support |
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CORE (Congress on Radical Equality)
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said that the war is causing a minority burden.
-said its unethical -said death rate of minorities is so high- more of them are dying= not fair |
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Tet Offensive (1968)--- peak year
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VC surprise attack at Saigan (south's capital)
-showed VC's new organization and training skills -media got footage and ppl in USA thought we were being dominated -psycholgical victory for VC |
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Battle For Hue
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US was doing their counterattack for the tet offensive.
-discovered mass graves with dead bodies piled on -Showed theat VC are ruthless and had no morals. -reminded them of what they were here for |
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My Lai Massacre -1968
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task was search and destroy
-ppl told them VC were in the village. They showed up and no1 was there. -Men were angered and killed woman & children. -leadership did nothing to stop it. Tried covering it up -bad media rep -Ljohnson resigns |
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nation divided
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- MLK assassinated
-paris peace talk begins -robert kennedy assassinated |
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Democratic Convention (chicago)
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rioters were killed by police
-ironic bc people are killed for protesting, when they are they have freedom of speech |
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Nixon Elected 1968
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said he would preserve "Law and Order".. actually did the opposite
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Vietnaminzation 1969-72
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US role.. decreases
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Kent State Incident
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4 students dead.
-national gaurds opened fire on protestors. |
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Pentagon Papers Published
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-these were classified documents
-talked about secret bombing campaings in Cambodia... whcih would INCREASE our role in the war. (Nixon told ppl he would be decreasing it) |
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-nixon cuts troops
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slowly decreasing role in war
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Cease Fire 1973
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-troops leave Vietnam
-Kissinger (secretary of state, wins nobel prize) |
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The War continues
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-still against south vs. north
-north marches into Saigon (capital of the South) and they fall. Everything was unified under communism. |
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Result of war
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Communist Veitnam
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