Vietnam War

Communist leader of North Vietnam

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Ho Chi Minh

• Vietnamization

• My Lai

U.S military raids on South Vietnamese villages, intended to root out villagers with ties to the Vietcong but often resulting in the destruction of the village and the displacement of its inhabitants

• Ho Chi Minh

• Search and Destroy

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• Agent Orange

A hit-and-run method of fighting

• War of Attrition

• Trench Warfare

• Cu Chi Tunnels

• Guerilla Warfare

US President who took a major role in escalating the Vietnam War and was the first president to send troops

• President Kennedy

• President Johnson

• President Nixon

• President Trump

A simultaneous surprise attack by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese towns and cities during an agreed holiday ceasefire.

• Vietcong

• Vietminh

• Search and Destroy

• TET offensive

Underground tunnels that were used by Viet Cong soldiers to hide, communicate, and move supplies.

• Ho Chi Minh Trail

• Agent Orange

• Cu Chi Tunnels

• Guerilla Warfare

North Vietnamese were believed to have attacked US ships. This caused President Johnson to request more troops in Vietnam.

• Gulf of Tonkin Incident

• Saigon

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Operation Rolling Thunder

US President who created "Vietnamization" and began to take troops out of Vietnam

• President Kennedy

• President Johnson

• President Eisenhower

• President Nixon

Ho Chi Minh wanted to unite Vietnam under Northern rule and aided this group of communist rebels trying to overthrow Diem in the south. Official title of the Viet Cong.

• National Liberation Front (NLF)

• Vietminh

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Vietnamization

South Vietnamese president that was Christian and opposed communism. His corrupt leadership let to his murder in 1963.

• Vietcong

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Ho Chi Minh

• President Johnson