Vietnam War
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Cold War- Relationship that developed between U.S. and USSR after World War 2
Containment- Stopping the spread of communism
DMZ- Demilitarized Zone placed at the border of North and South Korea, one of most heavily guarded borders in the world
Domino Theory- Communist victory in one nation would lead to a chain reaction of communist take overs in other countries
Draft- Enrollment for service in a country's armed forces
General William Westmoreland
U.S. Army general, commander of American troops in Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Led Vietnamese Japenese movement
My Lai Massacre
Mass killings in South Vietnam during Vietman War
National Liberation Front
Political organization formed in South Vietnam in 1960 by the Vietcong
Pentagon Papers
Name given to a secret Department of Defense study of U.S. political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967
Tet Offensive
A coordinated series of fierce attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam
Viet Cong
The Vietnamese Communists were the military branch of the National Liberation Front.
Vietnamization
A policy of the Richard Nixon administration during the Vietnam War to end the U.S.' involvement in the war and "expand, equip, and train South Vietnam's forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops.