Fighting the Vietnam War #1

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Across
  1. 1. The conflict in Vietnam that developed following the French defeat can best be described as this type of War.
  2. 4. What turned Vietnam against the US?
  3. 5. Which village was caught in a massacre by US troops in 1968?
  4. 10. The US often missed their targets. What buildings did they hit alongside schools?
  5. 14. What did the US name their mission to bomb targets in North Vietnam?
Down
  1. 2. How did the US try to win the war?
  2. 3. Who was opposed to the US taking them far from their land and farms?
  3. 6. Which President sent a half a million US combat troops to Vietnam?
  4. 7. How would US troops drop in on southern hamlets to kill those who were suspected to be Vietcong?
  5. 8. What was the first Asian Nation to fall to Communism?
  6. 9. What group was the US targeting in the jungle?
  7. 11. Describe the type of military force President Kennedy sent to Vietnam.
  8. 12. Who was the leader of the communist Vietnamese resistance movement?
  9. 13. Which of the chemical weapons the US used was a jellied petrol?
  10. 15. What were the US buildings made to prevent the Vietcong from hiding in South Vietnamese villages?