why did america lose the vietnam war
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Why did America Lose the Vietnam War
What were the objectives of the Americans in Vietnam?
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Operation Rolling Thunder
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTxrq_Erw-k
Why could airpower
not be decisive in the
Vietnam War?
Body Count and Fragging?
Tactics and Strategic Hamlets
Operation Ranch Hand
Tet Offensive
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDNJL0mTHWI
• The Viet Cong lost 37,000 men while US forces were only 2,500. Why then was it considered a Vietcong victory.
Burning the Village: My Lai 1968
1968 Democratic Convention
US Troops
Protest Grows
Ho Chi Minh Trail and Cambodia
Paris Peace Conference
Kent State: May 4 1970
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdVMGKOFIwY&ob=av2e
Vietnamisation
Operation Linebacker
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wfWbTIpWFU&feature=related
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