1. THE VIETNAM WAR Take notes on the following terms: Guerrilla Warfare Tet Offensive My Lai Massacre Vietnamization Impact of the Vietnam War

2. THE VIETNAM WAR Fighting Tactics Vietcong and NVA Guerrilla Warfare- ambushes, sneak attacks, hit and run Booby Traps Tunnel System Ho Chi Minh Trail

3. THE VIETNAM WAR Fighting Tactics United States Operation Rolling Thunder Large scale bombing of NVA targets Search and Destroy Find the enemy, kill, destroy their base “War of Attrition” Agent Orange Chemical to destroy jungle cover for Vietcong Caused serious health issues to people exposed Napalm Large explosive that created fireballs of intense heat

4. THE VIETNAM WAR Tet Offensive NVA and Vietcong launched a large scale attack of over 70,000 soldiers against 100 South Vietnamese cities Turning point of the Vietnam War People in the U.S. realized the war wasn’t close to over, support fell in the U.S.

5. THE VIETNAM WAR My Lai Massacre U.S. soldiers invaded and killed between 200 and 500 people, mostly old men, women and children thinking that they were hiding members of the Vietcong When the facts of the massacre became public, America continued to lose support for the war

6. THE VIETNAM WAR End of the Vietnam War President Nixon- “Vietnamization” – turning the fighting over to the South Vietnamese army 1973- all U.S. forces leave Vietnam, within two years the NVA is able to completely control all of South Vietnam; Vietnam becomes one united, communist country

7. THE VIETNAM WAR Impact of the Vietnam War U.S. – about 60,000 killed, over 100,000 injured – fails to accomplish goal of containment Vietnam – 3-5 million soldiers/civilians killed; land destroyed by war U.S. soldiers No “hero’s welcome” Hundreds of thousands of physically and mentally disabled veterans due to the war Many committed suicide, turned to drugs or became homeless