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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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
• TET IS A HOLIDAY OF PRAYER AND ANCESTOR WORSHIP
TET
• 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
• WAS A MILITARY FAILURE FOR THE VC AND NVA
• 33,000 VC KILLED ENDED THERE STRENGTH
• TURNING POINT • AMERICAN PUBLIC
OPINION TURNS
GEN. GIAP
HUE CITY
KHE SANH
STREET IN SAIGON
RACE TRACK IN SAIGON - BATTLE
1968 ELECTION AND PARIS
• 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
NIXON - PEACE
• 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
PEACE WITH HONOR
• CHRISTMAS BOMBING 72 – 73
• JANUERY 73 PEACE AGREEMENT SIGNED
• MARCH 73 US TROOPS LEAVE
• PEACE ENDS 75 SIAGON FALLS
Last day in SaigonLast day Saigon
U.S. Embassy U.S. Embassy
Evacuation of Saigon
Helicopter returning- Saigon
U.S Aircraft Carriers were used to evacuate as many as possible from Saigon as it fell in 1975
USS. MIDWAY
NVA troops in Saigon 1975