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The start of the war
The Vietnam war began in 1954 due to conflicts witch split vietnam in two parts the north and south. We help the south fight back the north called the viet cong. -
progressing though the war
the vietnam war started the americans didient expect much but they found the veitcong to be hard to find and fight because of the thick jungle -
Jungle warfare
well-supplied Viet Cong. The Viet Cong would attack in ambushes, set up booby traps, and escape through a complex network of underground tunnels. -
years of the war
Throughtout the war the american faced many danges from the jungle and the enemy they had to watch out for dangorous insects and animals and also the enemy veit cong -
landing sites
the U.S would drop napalm a sticky burning fuel and bigger bombs to clear landing zones for soldiers and equpment. -
bombing runs
U.S starts bombing north veitnam called rolling thunder -
massacre
U.S. soldiers kill hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the town of Mai Lai -
Deploment
U.S. troops in Vietnam reaches 540,000 -
though the war
the american public learn about the Mai Lai massacre. -
deaths
The Vietnam War cost the United States 58,000 lives and 350,000 casualties. It also resulted in between one and two million Vietnamese deaths. -
backround
longest war in American history and the most unpopular American war of the twentieth century. It resulted in nearly 60,000 American deaths and an estimated 2 million Vietnamese deaths -
the end of the war
the veitnam war ended in 1975 and with many lives lost on both sides
