vietnam war
Across
- 2. BIEN PHU French defeat that reshaped Indochina
- 3. Incendiary weapon infamous during the conflict
- 6. TUY Province where Australian forces primarily operated
- 10. THUNDER Long-running U.S. bombing campaign
- 11. CONG Guerrilla force officially known as the National Liberation Front
- 12. SANH Remote U.S. Marine base besieged in 1968
- 14. CHI MINH TRAIL Supply route through Laos and Cambodia
- 15. U.S. general associated with the strategy of attrition
- 17. DAT Main Australian military base in South Vietnam
- 18. OF TONKIN Body of water linked to a key 1964 resolution
- 20. PAPERS Leaked documents exposing government deception
- 21. Lunar holiday marked by a major 1968 offensive
- 22. CHI MINH Revolutionary leader of North Vietnam
Down
- 1. Nixon's policy of shifting combat responsibility
- 4. ORANGE Herbicide used to strip jungle cover
- 5. TAN Battle famous in Australian military history
- 7. Defense secretary later critical of the war
- 8. GAP Public mistrust of official wartime statements
- 9. Codename for major 1972 bombing operations
- 13. Capital that fell in April 1975
- 16. LAI Village associated with a notorious 1968 massacre
- 19. North Vietnam's capital during the war