The End of the War and Its Legacy Section 30*5 pp

Nixon and Vietnamization “Peace With Honor” –Vietnamization: Gradual pullout of US troops –Nixon ordered massive bombing of Laos, Cambodia, and North Vietnam

Trouble Continues on the Home Front My Lai Massacre –U.S. troops killed 200 women, children, and elderly men in My Lai –Turned public opinion against US Army

Trouble Continues on the Home Front Invasion of Cambodia (1970) –Try to destroy Vietcong supply centers –Nationwide college protests Violence on Campus –Kent State: National Guard kill 4 protestors

Pentagon Papers –Confirmed gov’t was dishonest about war –Led Congress to repeal the Tonkin Gulf Resolution in 1970 –Increased public distrust of the gov’t Trouble Continues on the Home Front

Longest War Ends “Peace is at Hand” –March 1972: Vietcong launch major offensive –October 1972: Peace with North Vietnam South Vietnam rejected terms

Longest War Ends Final Push –Christmas Bombings Try to pressure N. Vietnam to end war –January 1973: Peace Agreement Reached NV troops remain in SV Nixon promises US will defend treaty –March 1973: Last troops leave

Longest War Ends Fall of Saigon –March 1975: NV launch attack vs. SV –US doesn’t send military support –April 30, 1975: Saigon falls to NV