Vietnam War: 42 years from the War

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31 st January 1968, US and South Vietnamese troops standing their ground against the Viet Cong during the Tet Offensive. This was a major shock to the US government and public as it showed that the Viet Cong were not as weak as previously claimed. This would then go on to weaken domestic support as it proved that the end of the war was no where insight, and would spark many Anti-Vietnam War demonstrations. The most infamous being the Kent State University Demonstration which led to the death of 9 people when Police open fired on to the crowd.
Upon being elected, U.S. President Richard Nixon introduced a new strategy called Vietnamization that was aimed at ending American involvement in the Vietnam War by transferring all military responsibilities to South Vietnam. The increasingly unpopular war had created deep divisions in American society. Nixon believed his Vietnamization strategy, which involved building up South Vietnam’s military strength in order to facilitate a gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops, would prepare the South Vietnamese to take responsibility for their own defence against a Communist takeover and allow the U.S. to leave the conflict with its honour intact.
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