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Vietnam War

Vietnam War. Do Now. What was your reaction to the video from yesterday’s class. Explain your answer. Information. 10 Academic days remaining Final Exams start June 2 - 3 instructional days before final. Current Events. Giant Fin Whale washes up in California - very large mammal.

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Vietnam War

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  1. Vietnam War

  2. Do Now What was your reaction to the video from yesterday’s class. Explain your answer.

  3. Information • 10 Academic days remaining • Final Exams start June 2 - 3 instructional days before final

  4. Current Events • Giant Fin Whale washes up in California - very large mammal • Baltimore schools - 63 in city and surrounding area with no AC - crowded conditions

  5. Do Now What was your reaction to the video from yesterday’s class. Explain your answer.

  6. The Air War1965-1968 • 1965: Sustained bombing of North Vietnam • Operation Rolling Thunder (March 2, 1965) • 1966-68: Ongoing bombing of Hanoi nonstop for 3 years! Esp. targets the Ho Chi Minh Trail. • Downed Pilots: P.O.W.s • Carpet Bombing – napalm

  7. The Air War:A Napalm Attack

  8. Who Is the Enemy? • Vietcong: • Farmers by day; guerillas at night. • Very patient people willing to accept many casualties. • The US grossly underestimated their resolve and their resourcefulness. The guerilla wins if he does not lose, the conventional army loses if it does not win. -- Mao Zedong

  9. Who Is the Enemy?

  10. Guerilla Warfare • Unconventional tactics - booby traps - disguises - urban fighting • Anything that does not follow the normal ‘conventions’ of war

  11. Who Is the Enemy? • Vietcong: • Farmers by day; guerillas at night. • Very patient people willing to accept many casualties. - losses 10:1 in some battles • The U.S. underestimates - farmers with guns? Easy right?

  12. Viet Cong Tunnel Systems

  13. The Tet Offensive, January 1968 • N. Vietnamese Army + Viet Cong - 67000 attack at once - 100 cities, bases, and embassy - unexpected, coordinated attack - Take every major southern city • U.S. + ARVN beat back the offensive • Viet Cong destroyed • N. Vietnamese army debilitated • Portrayed as a defeat; Really? How?

  14. The Tet Offensive, January 1968

  15. Impact of the Tet Offensive • Domestic U.S. Reaction: Disbelief, Anger, Distrust of Johnson Administration • Peace Movement/Protests - demonstrations across U.S. - media helped intensify this

  16. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1vJqTN-qVI

  17. Exit • How did the media portray the Vietnam War to the American people? • What were the reactions of the people to the images they saw? • How would these reports help the peace movement?

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