Vietnam - Jett Brookes

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Across
  1. 1. US president elected in 1968 towards in the end of the war
  2. 3. An act passed by the US Congress which was an attempt to reduce the amount of American troops involved in overseas conflicts
  3. 7. An area within a defensive perimeter set up by the US to control the flow of people in and out to catch NLF soldiers
  4. 10. replaced JohnFKennedy as president during the Vietnam war
  5. 12. French name for the peninsula in southeast Asia consisting of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
  6. 14. US president who brought 16,000 advisers to the Vietnam War who was assassinated.
Down
  1. 1. US Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War
  2. 2. If oen country falls to communism, those around it will continue to fall as well
  3. 4. Chemical defoliant which was sprayed on forests in order to burn it down and reveal the enemy.
  4. 5. An incendiary petroleum jelly used to clear out jungle space and kill enemy troops by burning.
  5. 6. A type of warfare which consists of small scale attacks and retreats, surprises. It is often used when one side is severely outnumbered or out-powered.
  6. 8. A major offensive launched by the NLF when the US thought the North could finally be stopped.
  7. 9. A trail used by North Vietnamese troops for supplies and safe transportation of troops
  8. 11. National Security Affairs adviser to President Nixon
  9. 13. An overthrow of a state, most often by groups from the military or individuals