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Vietnam - Escalation Part 2
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- 1When was the Tet Offensive?January 1968
- 2What was the US kill ratio during Tet?1:10
- 3What did the North intend to achieve with the Tet Offensive?Spur uprisings in the South
- 4What was the result of the Tet offensive?A tactical victory for the US, but a strategic failure, as it showed that the North were not defeated
- 5HOW did WHICH journalist describe the situation post Tet?Walter Cronkite - "We are mired in stalemate"
- 6WHEN did the Pentagon decide to do WHAT in Vietnam? (withdrawal)De-Americanise - 1968
- 7When did Johnson announce that he wasn't running for re-election?March 1968
- 8What two factors did the US over rely on?The effectiveness of the ARVN, and their tactics (which were often counter-productive)
- 9What did Free-Fire Zones do?Helped render over 4 million South Vietnamese homeless by 1968
- 10What year did US troop numbers peak? How many were there?1968 - 536K
- 11What was the Chinese interest in Vietnam? Which war demonstrated this?China would not tolerate unfriendly powers on its borders. The Korean War showed this
- 12How did North Vietnam use the USSR and China?Exploit their rivalry for support
- 13How many troops did China send to assist?300k
- 14Why did the Soviets assist the North?Saw itself as the leader in the Communist world
- 15What did the North avoid with the superpowers?Becoming over reliant on one
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- War and Global Conflict (Vietnam) Flashcards on Vietnam - Escalation Part 2, created by SteveT on 04/05/2013.
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