Impact of the war on the people’s of Vietnam and the USA By India and Megan.

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Impact of the war on the people’s of Vietnam and the USA By India and Megan

Up to 1968 JFK -> LBJ = Americanisation and Escalation Gulf of Tonkin = Fighting directly against NVA / Vietcong BY 1968 OVER 500,000 US TROOPS IN VIETNAM

Tet Offensive ‘The end of getting in, the beginning of getting out’ January 31 st, 1968 ‘Men in black pyjamas’ defeated the ‘greatest military power in the world’ Major psychological defeat for the US though not a major military defeat

The US Home front Increase in body bags was not appreciated- they weren’t too happy about it The wanted to withdraw from Vietnam Hawks vs. doves. Doves gaining power Johnson not going for re-election

Vietnam People Wanted US withdrawal They were fighting for their homes and had the advantage of being on home terrain Guerrilla Tactics Tet Offensive = wiped out almost all NVA / Vietcong soldiers Napalm THEY WON! YAY! WOOP! WOOP! HAPPY CLAPPY FOR VIETNAM!

My Lai Massacre 16 th march 1968 Massacre of a village of innocent women and children Showed the brutality of the US soldiers Lt. William Calley

Kent State May students killed by national guard Many others injured Sparked hundreds of protests across the US

Anti-war movement Dove mentality Against conscription Demonstrators treated harshly

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