05 vietnam strategies
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VietnamStrategies, Successes,
Struggles
Objectives Techniques and Strategies use by
U.S.
Ways the U.S. was successful
Ways the U.S. struggled
Saigon 1968
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Situation in 1965 Gulf of Tonkin – 1964
Johnson ramps up military presence
What was it like in Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Strategies Search and Destroy
Special Forces
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder Intense bombing campaign – 3 years
Goal: Apply so much force that they have to surrender
864,000 tons of bombs in 44 months
90,000 Casualties – 72K civilians
Operation Rolling Thunder Failure?
North Vietnamese morale boosted
“The Americans thought that the more bombs they dropped, the quicker we would fall to our knees and surrender. But the bombs heightened rather than dampened our spirit.” – NV Civilian
Tet Offensive Tet is the Lunar New Year
Both sides 3 day cease fire
January of 1968 – General Giap
Tet Offensive January 30th, 1968 – Midnight
Coordinated North Vietnamese attack around South Vietnam
Attack on U.S. Embassy in Saigon
45,000 Viet Cong Killed 1,000 U.S. Killed
Tet Offensive Why is this not a success?
Political disaster in U.S.
Image of dead Viet Cong in Embassy
How did such a weak army get so close