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Geneva Accords
The Geneva Accords was a peace agreement that divided Vietnam into Communist-controlled North Vietnam and non-Communist South Vietnam. They would be unified at the elections of 1956. -
Ho Chi Minh Trail
It supplied the Vietcong with weapons and supplies, It was a trail from North Vietnam through Cambodia to supply arms to rebel South Vietnamese. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
It was a resolution by Congress that gave the president broad powers to wage war in Vietnam. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
It was the first sustained bombing of North Vietnam. President Johnson used his newly granted powers. -
Tet Offensive
It was a surprise attack by the North Vietnamese that turned the tide of the war in their favor by draining the US optimism for the war. -
My Lai Massacre
The My Lai Massacre was the mass killing of unarmed civilians by the US military in Vietnam. -
Invasion of Cambodia
It was a campaign to defeat the Vietcong and the North Vietnamese in the area as well as cut off supply for the Vietcong.
