HIST 106 Study Guide - Final Guide: North Vietnam, Tet Offensive, Army Of The Republic Of Vietnam
25 Dec 2017
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Us destroyers fired upon by north vietnam forces while chillin in gulf tonkin. American flag has been fired uponwe will not and cannot tolerate such things . Deployed u. s. ground combat forces to the war and bombed military installations in north viet nam. Training arvn (the army of the republic of vietnam) Attrition - if we kill more of them than they kill of us, we win. Winning the hearts and the minds (of the vietnamese people) Tet: a series of major attacks by communist forces in the. Early in 1968, vietnamese communist troops seized and briefly held some major cities at the time of the lunar new year, or tet. Vietnam, hue, and tet was supposed to be a time of truce. Coordinated vc (viet cong) and nva (north vietnamese army) attacks saigon (capital of south vietnam) and provincial capitals. City, historic capital in vietnam, revered city.
