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VIETNAM CONTINUED

VIETNAM CONTINUED. THE TET OFFENSIVE 1968 NIXON ELECTION 1968 PARIS PEACE TALKS 1970 TAKING TO WAR TO OTHER COUNTRIES 1972 Christmas Bombing 1973 March US Pull out. TET OFFENSIVE. 1967 STALEMATE GENERAL GIAP NVA DECIDES TO ATTACK OVER THE LUNAR HOLIDAY

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VIETNAM CONTINUED

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  1. VIETNAM CONTINUED • THE TET OFFENSIVE • 1968 NIXON ELECTION • 1968 PARIS PEACE TALKS • 1970 TAKING TO WAR TO OTHER COUNTRIES • 1972 Christmas Bombing • 1973 March US Pull out

  2. TET OFFENSIVE • 1967 STALEMATE • GENERAL GIAP NVA DECIDES TO ATTACK OVER THE LUNAR HOLIDAY • TET IS A HOLIDAY OF PRAYER AND ANCESTOR WORSHIP

  3. JANUARY 30 1968 APPROX. 100,000 COMMUNIST SOLDIERS –VC-NVA ATTACKED 100 CITIES AND U.S BASES IN SOUTH VIETNAM. KHE SANH – CAM RANH BAY-DA NANG – HUE AND THE U.S EMBASSY IN SAIGON. ALL AREAS ATTACKED WERE RECAPTURED . THE PEOPLE DID NOT RISE UP. TET

  4. TET • WAS A MILITARY FAILURE FOR THE VC AND NVA • 33,000 VC KILLED ENDED THERE STRENGTH • TURNING POINT • AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION TURNS

  5. KHE SANH STREET IN SAIGON GEN. GIAP RACE TRACK IN SAIGON - BATTLE HUE CITY

  6. WALLACE –NIXON-HUMPHREYS NIXON VICTORY PROMISE PEACE BEGAN TRAINING SV TO TAKE U.S. PLACES ON THE BATTLEFIELD MARCH 1969 NIXON DOCTRINE TROOP WITHDRAWL NOV 1969 60,000 68 PARIS PEACE TALKS FAIL SECRESCT WAR TO BRING NV TO TABLES 1968 ELECTION AND PARIS

  7. BOMBING THE NORTH TO PEACE FAILED CAMBODIA AND LAOS 1972 PEACE PLAN THIEU STAYS IN POWER- VC GET A SAY IN PEACE NV TROOPS REMAIN IN THE SOUTH US LEAVES – POW’S ARE RETURNED THIEU REFUSED TO SIGN NIXON - PEACE

  8. PEACE WITH HONOR • CHRISTMAS BOMBING 72 – 73 • JANUERY 73 PEACE AGREEMENT SIGNED • MARCH 73 US TROOPS LEAVE • PEACE ENDS 75 SIAGON FALLS

  9. Last day Saigon Last day in Saigon U.S. Embassy U.S. Embassy

  10. Evacuation of Saigon U.S Aircraft Carriers were used to evacuate as many as possible from Saigon as it fell in 1975 Helicopter returning- Saigon

  11. USS. MIDWAY

  12. NVA troops in Saigon 1975

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