https://padlet.com/01smoravansky/6cf0d0n27pa0 by sarah moravansky en-us 2018-12-06 17:17:59 UTC 2018-12-07 13:35:08 UTC hello@padlet.com 01smoravansky https://padlet.com/01smoravansky/6cf0d0n27pa0/wish/311929849 -Conflict has been building for decades
-North Vietnam has been supported by the Soviet Union and China
South Vietnam was aided by the U.S and eventually this included bomb runs and ground troops]]> 2018-12-06 17:29:04 UTC https://padlet.com/01smoravansky/6cf0d0n27pa0/wish/311929849 01smoravansky https://padlet.com/01smoravansky/6cf0d0n27pa0/wish/311932326 -South Vietnam conducted attacks that were backed by the U.S along the North Vietnamese coast 
-Lieutenant General William C. shifted attacks from land to shore using mortars, rockets, and recoilless rifles fired from South Vietnamese patrol boats]]> 2018-12-06 17:33:21 UTC https://padlet.com/01smoravansky/6cf0d0n27pa0/wish/311932326 01smoravansky https://padlet.com/01smoravansky/6cf0d0n27pa0/wish/311937248 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvnk0tK4-gk]]> 2018-12-06 17:42:14 UTC https://padlet.com/01smoravansky/6cf0d0n27pa0/wish/311937248 01smoravansky https://padlet.com/01smoravansky/6cf0d0n27pa0/wish/311937847 -Viet Cong launches surprise attack on U.S military bases, cities, towns in South Vietnam
-Attempt to foment rebellion among South Vietnamese and to encourage the U.S to decrease their involvement in the Vietnam war
-This decreased the U.S war support because it showed the U.S that we may actually lose this war
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPgWqgpgVRc]]> 2018-12-06 17:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/01smoravansky/6cf0d0n27pa0/wish/311937847 01smoravansky https://padlet.com/01smoravansky/6cf0d0n27pa0/wish/312206549 -U.S Marine corps boat
-involved in a fight with North Vietnamese torpedo boats
-Led to the Gulf of Tonkin resolution
-Increased U.S involvement in the war]]> 2018-12-07 13:22:24 UTC https://padlet.com/01smoravansky/6cf0d0n27pa0/wish/312206549 01smoravansky https://padlet.com/01smoravansky/6cf0d0n27pa0/wish/312207525 -Started small but eventually gained national prominence in 1965
-Anti- war marches by SDS attracted support and they escalated after the successful Tet Offensive by North Vietnamese troops
-U.S started realizing the war was not close to being over
-Vietnam was costing $25 billion per year and takes were increasing
-40,000 young men were called into service each month fueling the fire of the U.S citizens
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk09F1fTs1E

]]> 2018-12-07 13:25:13 UTC https://padlet.com/01smoravansky/6cf0d0n27pa0/wish/312207525 01smoravansky https://padlet.com/01smoravansky/6cf0d0n27pa0/wish/312209540 -Air power, chemicals, and other weapons were the most devastating out of any other conflict
-B-52 bombers, superior air power over North Vietnamese
-Highly toxic chemical defoliants
-Used "huey" (U.S) helicopter to delivers supplies  
-Also used tanks and stationary machine guns
-U.S made m-16 rifle which was great for the dirty and wet conditions of Vietnam ]]> 2018-12-07 13:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/01smoravansky/6cf0d0n27pa0/wish/312209540