THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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It began and ended quickly
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both sides used a tactic of wearing down the enemy until they were severely weakened and overcome, depleting their supplies and personnel
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The decided to come to peaceful negotiations
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Nuclear weapons were used
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Detailed explanation-1: -Struggling to compete with an unpredictable guerrilla insurgency (which included raids, sabotage and ambushes), the US army turned to attrition and sought to kill as many Vietnamese people as possible.
Detailed explanation-2: -They would frustrate the Americans by simple tactics: retreating when the enemy attacked; raiding enemy camps; attacking the enemy when they were tired and pursuing the enemy when they retreated. The Vietcong made sure they picked battles they would be able to win.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Strategy The U.S. would wage a war of attrition, a military tactic through which a long series of small-scale attacks gradually wears down the enemy. The goal was to inflict heavy damage on North Vietnam and the Viet Cong, so much damage in fact, that it would be impossible for them to recover and keep fighting.