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5 mins – finish off spidergram from Monday’s lesson on US Military Tactics during the
Vietnam War… use pages 358-359 Walsh
US tactics in Vietnam 1965-1972
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The Strategic Hamlet Program
1961-1963
Why do you think the US helped the S.
Vietnamese Gov move many S.
Vietnamese peasants into
fortified “hamlets” like this one? How would people
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• The 1961-63 “Strategic Hamlet Program” was a HUGE failure…
• S. Viet. peasants were very angry at being moved off their land and homes into fortified villages..
• It has been estimated that membership of the Viet Cong in S. Vietnam GREW by 300% following the initiative!
• After 1963 the program was stopped…
VC TACTICS IN THE
VIETNAM WAR
The plan for today….
review US tactics in the Vietnam war
look at our Homework Task for next week – due Mon 12 May
design a Vietcong poster/leaflet to lower the morale of US soldiers
describe and analyse the guerrilla tactics of the Viet Cong
Retreat when the enemy attacks; raid when the enemy camps; attack when the enemy tires;
pursue when the enemy retreats
The “rules” of guerrilla warfare
• Why did the N. Vietnamese use guerrilla tactics?
• What was the aim of these tactics?• Do you know of any other wars
where these tactics have been used?
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5 mins – read Walsh page 356 and write down 5-6 bullets on key additional bits of information about the Viet Cong & their
tactics5 MINS
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The plan for today….
review US tactics in the Vietnam war
look at our Homework Task for next week – due Mon 12 May
design a Vietcong poster/leaflet to lower the morale of US soldiers
describe and analyse the guerrilla tactics of the Viet Cong
5 mins – design a
poster or a leaflet to scare US soldiers
and make them want
to leave Vietnam…
5 MINS
End
The plan for today….
review US tactics in the Vietnam war
look at our Homework Task for next week – due Mon 12 May
design a Vietcong poster/leaflet to lower the morale of US soldiers
describe and analyse the guerrilla tactics of the Viet Cong
Review: imagine that
you were a US solider in Vietnam?
What would have most
worried you about Viet
Cong tactics? How would you have tried to stay alive?
