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US tactics in Vietnam 1965-1972

5 mins – finish off spidergram from Monday’s lesson on US Military T actics during the Vietnam War… use pages 358-359 Walsh. 5 MINS. Bombing. Chemical weapons. US tactics in Vietnam 1965-1972. Search & destroy. End. The Strategic Hamlet Program 1961-1963.

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US tactics in Vietnam 1965-1972

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  1. 5 mins – finish off spidergram from Monday’s lesson on US Military Tactics during the Vietnam War… use pages 358-359 Walsh 5 MINS Bombing Chemical weapons US tactics in Vietnam 1965-1972 Search & destroy End

  2. 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 have felt about this? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 59 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 End 28 29 30 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 14 45 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 31 46 60

  3. 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…

  4. Vietnam War tactics (US)

  5. VC TACTICS IN the VIETNAM war

  6. review US tactics in the Vietnam war look at our Homework Task for next week – due Mon 12 May describe and analyse the guerrilla tactics of the Viet Cong design a Vietcong poster/leaflet to lower the morale of US soldiers

  7. The “rules” of guerrilla warfare Retreat when the enemy attacks; raid when the enemy camps; attack when the enemy tires; pursue when the enemy retreats • 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? 1:49 1:50 1:51 1:52 1:53 1:54 1:55 1:56 1:57 1:58 1:59 1:31 1:48 1:47 2:00 1:45 1:46 1:33 1:34 1:35 1:37 1:38 1:36 1:40 1:41 1:42 1:44 1:39 1:32 1:02 1:43 1:29 1:30 1:18 1:19 1:20 1:21 1:22 1:23 1:24 1:25 1:26 1:27 1:28 1:16 1:15 1:17 1:13 1:14 1:00 1:01 1:03 1:05 1:06 1:04 1:08 1:09 1:10 1:11 1:12 1:07 0:52 0:49 0:50 0:51 0:53 0:59 0:55 0:56 0:57 0:58 0:01 0:54 0:48 0:41 0:46 0:44 0:43 0:42 0:40 0:39 0:38 0:37 0:36 0:35 0:34 0:32 0:33 0:47 0:45 0:14 0:15 0:31 0:20 0:17 0:18 0:19 0:21 0:27 0:23 0:24 0:25 0:26 0:28 0:22 0:16 0:10 0:13 0:12 0:11 0:09 0:08 0:07 0:06 0:05 0:04 0:03 0:29 0:02 0:30 End

  8. Vietnam War tactics (Vietnam)

  9. 5 mins – read Walsh page 356 and write down 5-6 bullets on key additional bits of information about the Viet Cong & their tactics 5 MINS End

  10. review US tactics in the Vietnam war look at our Homework Task for next week – due Mon 12 May describe and analyse the guerrilla tactics of the Viet Cong design a Vietcong poster/leaflet to lower the morale of US soldiers

  11. 5 mins – design a poster or a leaflet to scare US soldiers and make them want to leave Vietnam… 5 MINS End

  12. review US tactics in the Vietnam war look at our Homework Task for next week – due Mon 12 May describe and analyse the guerrilla tactics of the Viet Cong design a Vietcong poster/leaflet to lower the morale of US soldiers

  13. 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?

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