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Flashcards by marthajoyh, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by marthajoyh
over 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Agent Orange | A chemical used to destroy trees and enemy cover |
| ARVN | Diem's army of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) |
| Dien bien phu | The site of an important victory of the Vietminh over France 1954 |
| Deighton Eisenhower | President of the USA 1952-1961 |
| Guerrilla warfare | Unconventional methods such as ambushes, booby traps, and sabotage |
| Ho Chi Minh | Communist leader of North Vietnam |
| Ho Chi Minh trail | North Vietnam's communist supply route going south from North Vietnam through Cambodia and Laos |
| John F Kennedy | President of the USA from 1961-1963 |
| Lyndon B Johnson | President of the USA from 1963-1968 |
| Napalm | Bombs used by the USA containing jellied petrol that stuck to the skin and burnt through bones |
| Ngo Dinh Diem | Leader of South Vietnam |
| NLF | National Liberation a Front Ho's southern supporters named themselves this after 1960 |
| Richard Nixon | President of the USA from 1968-1974 |
| Vietcong | After 1960 Diem and the US called the NLF this |
| Vietminh | Ho's Vietnamese followers were known as this after 1961 |
| Vietnamisation | Policy of the US leaving Vietnam and allowing South Vietnam to take over responsibility for the war |
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