We talked about The Cold War and Vietnam.
the tet offensive:
president johnson and general william westmoreland kept saying that with more troops we will win the war
most americans tended to believe this at first
the american public's faith was shattered on january 30, 1968 when the enemy mounted the tet offensive, in which nearly every major city in south vietnam was attacked
named after the lunar new year festival which is the most important vietnamese holiday in south vietnam
we crushed the enemy militarily
the support of the government and war effort suffered even more when the new york times published the pentagon papers
it was a top secret historical study about the war, that showed how the government was misleading the US public in all stages of the war
Operation Rolling Thunder:
operation rolling thunder was the code name for the non-stop bombing raids in north vietnam conducted by the united states armed forces
its purpose was to destroy the will of the north vietnamese to fight, to destroy industrial bases and air defenses and to stop the flow of men and supplies down the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Anti-War:
Why were so many people against the war?
1. tet offensive
2. pentagon papers
3. injuring/killing innocent people (My Lai Massacre)
Kent State University Massacre
students protested the vietnam war at their university
students started a building on fire
5 students shot and killed
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