The Vietnam War

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Across
  1. 2. Major national holiday in Vietnam that was used as cover for a major assault on the South by the North in 1968 (3)
  2. 4. The leader of South Vietnam from 1954-63: Ngo Dinh _____ (4)
  3. 5. Nixon's description of the Peace agreement signed between North and South Vietnam in 1973: Peace with _____ (6)
  4. 8. Another name for the US 'search and destroy' missions (10)
  5. 9. The USA sprayed millions of litres of this to destroy millions of acres of jungle and farmland (11)
  6. 11. Strategy to win over the local population: Hearts and _____ (5)
  7. 13. These caused about 11% of US casualties in Vietnam (10)
  8. 16. The capital of South Vietnam (6)
  9. 18. The idea that if one country became communist, then its neighbour would follow (6,6)
  10. 20. The President who started sending 'advisors' to Vietnam (7)
  11. 21. Petroleum-based weapon used to deforest areas of Vietnamese jungle (6)
Down
  1. 1. National religion of Vietnam (8)
  2. 2. were over 500,000 incidences of this within the US army (9)
  3. 3. Charlie Company massacred hundreds of civilians here in 1968 (5)
  4. 6. Nixon's policy designed to help the South Vietnamese fight on their own so the USA could get out (14)
  5. 7. The capital of North Vietnam (5)
  6. 10. The incident here and subsequent Congressional resolution resulted in the USA committing to a full-scale war in Vietnam (12)
  7. 12. The leader of North Vietnam (2,3,4)
  8. 14. The Viet Cong guerrilla fighters used these to hide from and ambush US troops (7)
  9. 15. The country that used to rule Vietnam before WW2 and fought a nine-year war with the Communists from 1945-1954 (6)
  10. 17. The name of the Communist guerrilla force based in South Vietnam (4,4)
  11. 19. Large bombing campaign started in Feb 1965: Operation Rolling ________ (7)
  12. 22. Bordering country used by the North Vietnamese to supply fighters in the South (4)