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Mind Map by Katie Bryden, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Katie Bryden
almost 11 years ago
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Vietnam tactics
- VC tactics
- Booby Traps
- aim was to injure Us troops
so that their comrades
would
- be traumatised and then
demorolised over time
- have to tend to them
- be traumatised and then
demorolised over time
- cost very little to build
- very effective
- very effective
- aim was to injure Us troops
so that their comrades
would
- Guerrilla Warfare
- hit and run tactics
- ambush small groups of US soldiers to put them into panic
so they would shoot each other in the crossfire
- ambush small groups of US soldiers to put them into panic
so they would shoot each other in the crossfire
- hit and run tactics
- Tunnel systems
- this allowed them to hit a target and disappear back
into the jungle undetected
- it also allowed them to transport huge amounts of
resources as well as soldiers and communication with
the north
- this allowed them to hit a target and disappear back
into the jungle undetected
- Assassination campaign
- attacking leading
members of the Diem
government
- they were not representatives of the people
- were catholic not buddhists
- spoke french
- were catholic not buddhists
- they were not representatives of the people
- attacking leading
members of the Diem
government
- Befriended the peasants - winning 'hearts and minds'
- through the teachings of Mao
- NVA and VC were hugely respectful of the peasants gaining their trust
- NVA and VC were hugely respectful of the peasants gaining their trust
- however if the
peasants were
discovered helping the
Americans they would
be executed
- through the teachings of Mao
- TET offencive
- this was a full frontal assault on the main cities and
military instillations in the south
- it was mainly carried out by the NVA as the VC
were low on numbers of men by this point
- it was mainly carried out by the NVA as the VC
were low on numbers of men by this point
- turning point in the war
- this was a full frontal assault on the main cities and
military instillations in the south
- Booby Traps
- US tactics
- Search and destroy
- Missons organised to hunt out
and eliminate communist bases
in the jungle
- these tactics alienated the US soldiers from
the people they were meant to be protecting
- innocent people were killed they could not tell the
difference between the farmers and the VC
- My Lai
- My Lai
- innocent people were killed they could not tell the
difference between the farmers and the VC
- Missons organised to hunt out
and eliminate communist bases
in the jungle
- Zippo raids
- this is where the US soldiers,at not finding
the VC so used their zippo lighters to burn
whole villages
- this is where the US soldiers,at not finding
the VC so used their zippo lighters to burn
whole villages
- Blanket bombing
- Operation Rolling Thunder the code name for the
US bombings of strategic targets in North Vietnam
- used more bombs than the US had dropped in WWII
- Operation Rolling Thunder the code name for the
US bombings of strategic targets in North Vietnam
- Chemical Warfare
- Operation Ranch Hand the use of chemical warfare to strip the
Vietcong of their jungle cover using defoliants - Agent Orange and Napalm
- to see where VC were hiding or expose the networks of tunnels
- to see where VC were hiding or expose the networks of tunnels
- Operation Ranch Hand the use of chemical warfare to strip the
Vietcong of their jungle cover using defoliants - Agent Orange and Napalm
- Helicopters
- This also meant the US troops were detached from the
people they were supposedly fighting for
- Mobility, used to transport troops in to the unfamiliar
jungle environment. To carry troops in and out of
dangerous areas
- This also meant the US troops were detached from the
people they were supposedly fighting for
- Search and destroy
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