War Expands in Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Escalation William Westmoreland Guerilla Warfare Napalm Agent Orange
Johnson Sends Combat Troops
How did Diem’s death affect Vietnam?
Why was Johnson unable to attack North Vietnam?
What event caused the US role in Vietnam to change?
How did the US role in Vietnam escalate after March in 1965?
A Frustrating War
What conditions frustrated American soldiers in South Vietnam?
How was Vietnam different than World War II?
How were Vietnam’s land and climate hard on American troops?
How difficult of an enemy were the Viet Cong?
Stripping the Jungle
How and why did American troops destroy the Vietnamese landscape?
What effect did chemicals have on soldiers and civilians?
Search-and Destroy Missions
What was the purpose of American search-and-destroy missions?
What were the effects of search-and-destroy tactics?
The Surprise Tet Offensive
What was the Tet Offensive?
How were Major Ben Tre’s words an example of the senselessness of the war?
What effect did the Tet Offensive have on the attitudes of Americans towards the war?
US Morale Sinks
What question did many American soldiers begin to have about the war?
How did the My Lai episode show the breakdown in morale and discipline among US troops?
Tet Offensive
War Expands in Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Escalation William Westmoreland Guerilla Warfare Napalm Agent Orange
Johnson Sends Combat Troops
How did Diem’s death affect Vietnam?
Why was Johnson unable to attack North Vietnam?
What event caused the US role in Vietnam to change?
How did the US role in Vietnam escalate after March in 1965?
A Frustrating War
What conditions frustrated American soldiers in South Vietnam?
How was Vietnam different than World War II?
How were Vietnam’s land and climate hard on American troops?
How difficult of an enemy were the Viet Cong?
Stripping the Jungle
How and why did American troops destroy the Vietnamese landscape?
What effect did chemicals have on soldiers and civilians?
Search-and Destroy Missions
What was the purpose of American search-and-destroy missions?
What were the effects of search-and-destroy tactics?
The Surprise Tet Offensive
What was the Tet Offensive?
How were Major Ben Tre’s words an example of the senselessness of the war?
What effect did the Tet Offensive have on the attitudes of Americans towards the war?
US Morale Sinks
What question did many American soldiers begin to have about the war?
How did the My Lai episode show the breakdown in morale and discipline among US troops?
Tet Offensive