PPT-What tactics did the USA use to fight the Vietnam War?

Lesson objectives To be able to identify the key strategies used by the USA in the Vietnam War To be able to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the US strategies in the Vietnam War General Westmoreland. Frances Perry. Period II. Thesis Statement . To analyze how guerrilla warfare crippled the U.S. Army. . NLF (National Liberation Front). NFL rarely attacked the Americans head on they used Guerrilla Tactics. . Conor. . Bulman. The Vietnamese People . Vietnam was invaded by the French in 1859. . By the end of the Vietnamese conquest (1888) most Vietnamese were rice farmers.. The French separated Vietnam into three different districts for administrative purposes.. By: Michael Jefferson. Mrs. Rooney/ Ms Scheetz . How did it happen?. The Vietnam War stared because president Eisenhower did not want communism to spread to America.. . When Did It Happen?. It happened during 1954- 1975 it took longer because South Vietnam invaded North Vietnam.. tactics tactics tactics tactics tactics tactics Better cluster policies and tools for implementation tactics tactics Key messages and practical recommendations from the TACTICS project tacticsBetter c WARNING! . Remember these answers are not full answers but are just suggestions of points that you could include!. What is the message of this cartoon? (7) . An American cartoon, published in 1972. The crows represent the Communist forces.. Conor. . Bulman. The Vietnamese People . Vietnam was invaded by the French in 1859. . By the end of the Vietnamese conquest (1888) most Vietnamese were rice farmers.. The French separated Vietnam into three different districts for administrative purposes.. The Vietnam War. 20 years. Five presidents. 164 billion dollars. 58,132 Americans died/2million Vietnamese. 150,000 Americans wounded. 21,000 permanently disabled. 3 million Americans served (avg. age 19). . Big Events. Politics. People. Other. The War. 500. 400. 300. 200. 100. 100. 200. 300. 400. 500. 100. 200. 300. 400. 500. 100. 200. 300. 400. 500. 100. 200. 300. 400. 500. THE VIETNAM WAR. Jellied gasoline that explodes on contact. U.S. replaced France as the supporter of South Vietnamese. CIA installed Ngo Dinh Diem in South Vietnam . Ho Chi Minh (North- Communist). Catholic Diem alienated mostly Buddhist nation. Viet Cong guerrillas began launching attacks in 1957 . The Vietnam War. Ho Chi Minh and his followers began . an armed struggle to reunify the nation. . They organized a new guerrilla army, which became known as the Vietcong.. President Eisenhower increased American aid, and sent hundreds of military advisers to train South Vietnam’s army.. Who was the Vietnamese nationalist that became the leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?. Mao . Tse. -Tung. Tu. Thong. Ho Chi Minh. Ngo . Dinh. Diem. Who . was president in 1955 when the US began acting as an advisor to South Vietnam?. Standards. SS7H3 The student will analyze continuity and change in Southern and Eastern Asia leading to the 21st century. . a. Describe how nationalism led to independence in . India and . Vietnam. . Discouraging. The Vietnamese, both our ally and enemy, were difficult to keep separate. The majority of the Vietnamese fought as civilian militia (no uniforms). Deadly. Aside from combat . Americans had to deal . Khrushchev secretly begins installing nuclear missiles in Cuba. US discovers the plan and blockades Cuba. 14 day crisis .  the world is on the brink of nuclear confrontation. Soviets back down and agree to remove missiles from Cuba and US agrees not to overthrow Castro.