Fighting the Vietnam War, #1
Across
- 4. The aerial attacks spearheaded by the United States were usually described in this way:
- 5. Operation Rolling Thunder was ineffective in North Vietnam because it lacked what typical type of targets?
- 9. The conflict in Vietnam that developed following the French defeat can best be described as this type of War.
- 10. Who was the leader of the communist Vietnamese resistance movement?
- 11. Aside from being entrapped in the hamlets, the peasants of the affected villages became separated by their _____ farms/burial grounds, forming hatred at the US.
- 12. The 1968 mission to the village of My Lai, which ended in large groups of innocents dying, is now considered a ____ by the United States forces.
- 14. The military force JFK sent to Vietnam was described as military "___".
- 15. The United States used chemical weapons like Napalm and Agent ___-which was weed killer-to clear foliage in the Vietnamese jungles.
Down
- 1. While trying to expose Vietcong fighters in South Vietnam, the US used what type of vehicle to quickly attack villages?
- 2. The “Hamlets” that were designed by the Americans to prevent the Vietcong from hiding in villages were surrounded by what material (usually used in prisons)?
- 3. Although both of the chemicals used were effective at clearing foliage, they had undesirable effects (including injury and death) to the bodies and belongings of what group?
- 6. Which US president (first+last names) sent 500,000+ troops to Vietnam?
- 7. Bombs during Rolling Thunder commonly hit schools alongside what other target?
- 8. What cultural group was primarily disgusted and angered by the United State’s military tactics in Vietnam?
- 13. What was the first Asian nation to fall to Communism?