Fighting the Vietnam War, #1

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Across
  1. 4. The aerial attacks spearheaded by the United States were usually described in this way:
  2. 5. Operation Rolling Thunder was ineffective in North Vietnam because it lacked what typical type of targets?
  3. 9. The conflict in Vietnam that developed following the French defeat can best be described as this type of War.
  4. 10. Who was the leader of the communist Vietnamese resistance movement?
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 14. The military force JFK sent to Vietnam was described as military "___".
  8. 15. The United States used chemical weapons like Napalm and Agent ___-which was weed killer-to clear foliage in the Vietnamese jungles.
Down
  1. 1. While trying to expose Vietcong fighters in South Vietnam, the US used what type of vehicle to quickly attack villages?
  2. 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. 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?
  4. 6. Which US president (first+last names) sent 500,000+ troops to Vietnam?
  5. 7. Bombs during Rolling Thunder commonly hit schools alongside what other target?
  6. 8. What cultural group was primarily disgusted and angered by the United State’s military tactics in Vietnam?
  7. 13. What was the first Asian nation to fall to Communism?