THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Gasoline-based jelly that stuck and burned when ignited
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Defoiling chemical used to eat away jungle quickly
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Clearing out and burning villages thought to be helping Vietcong
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Using a draft lottery system
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Detailed explanation-1: -He called it “search and destroy.” American forces would search out the enemy, make contact, and then, with superior numbers and firepower, destroy him. But Vietnam was a guerrilla war–with no fronts, no distinct lines of supply and communication, no massing of enemy troops, no conclusive battles.
Detailed explanation-2: -Search-and-destroy missions entailed sending out platoons, companies, or larger detachments of US troops from a fortified position to locate and destroy communist units in the countryside.
Detailed explanation-3: -For the most part, the Viet Cong fought essentially a guerrilla war of ambush, terrorism, and sabotage; they used small units to maintain a hold on the countryside, leaving the main population centres to government authorities.
Detailed explanation-4: -American tactics in Vietnam can be summed up by the acronym BEAST-Bombing, Escalation, Air and artillery, Search and destroy and Technology.