Vietnam War

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Across
  1. 2. The prime minister and first president of South Vietnam during this time.
  2. 3. A chemical defoliant.
  3. 4. An army officer of South Vietnam who later became president.
  4. 5. The attack launched on the Vietnamese holiday in January 1968 after the US announced the hopeful closing of the war.
  5. 6. The highest ranking US military officer in Vietnam for five years.
  6. 8. The resolution passed on August 10th by the US Congress in response to an uncertain event.
  7. 11. An area where there is no influence of military forces.
  8. 12. A form of unconventional warfare consisting of ambushes and small scale attacks.
  9. 14. A theory that stated if one state fell communist then the neighbouring one would follow and so on.
  10. 16. The main military commander of North Korea and Viet Minh.
  11. 18. The title given to communist North Vietnam.
  12. 19. Soldiers that were specialised in searching for and clearing hide outs of Viet Cong and NVA.
Down
  1. 1. The settlement that divided Indochina into North and South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
  2. 4. The group of Vietnamese soldiers that hid amongst South Vietnam in order to preform guerrilla attacks on US military.
  3. 7. When a small group or individuals overthrow a government.
  4. 9. An act of political protest famously documented amongst Buddhist monks.
  5. 10. Top secret documents from the Department of Defense that were leaked to the press to expose the US government’s secret agendas and events in Vietnam.
  6. 13. The confrontation that signified the end of French influence in Indochina.
  7. 15. The prison facility in which both US and Southern Vietnamese were interrogated and tortured.
  8. 17. The military force of South Vietnam.