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Can you name the answers to these questions about the Vietnam War that begin with the letters A-Z?
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35th American President, assassinated in 1963. It was believed that he planned to pull out of Vietnam after the 1964 election had he survived.
John F. Kennedy
88.8%
Colonial nation that officially controlled Vietnam until the revolution in 1945 and fought the war up until 1954.
France
85.9%
Flammable weapon used by America in air strikes throughout the war.
Napalm
85%
May 4th 1970, four students were killed after the National Guard shot them for protesting the war at Kent State University which is in this American state.
Ohio
82.4%
36th American President, who first committed US troops to combat roles in Vietnam.
Lyndon B. Johnson
80.6%
Capital of South Vietnam during the war. The end of the war is attributed to when this city fell to the North. Now called Ho Chi Minh City.
Saigon
78.4%
Classification given to 2,646 American troops by 1973; it means their location and condition is unknown.
Missing in Action
77%
A major religious faith that suffered much persecution in South Vietnam during the war.
Buddhism
76.7%
A large scale attack launched on the South from the Vietcong and North Vietnam in 1968; named after the Vietnamese new year.
Tet Offensive
75.3%
Communist nation that supplied the North with weapons, medical aid and equipment.
USSR
72%
1986 Oscar winning war film by director Oliver Stone and starring Tom Berenger and Charlie Sheen.
Platoon
71%
Conference in Switzerland in 1954 that resulted in [F] pulling out and America taking over the running of the war.
Geneva Conference
70.6%
Brand of lighter commonly used by soldiers in the war due to their durability.
Zippo
70.6%
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The collective name given to the area comprised by Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
Indochina
68.8%
Term used by Americans to refer to the Viet Cong.
Charlie
60.9%
The route through Laos and Cambodia that was used by North Vietnam to supply their troops and insurgents.
Hồ Chí Minh Trail
55.5%
Collective name given to those who opposed and protested the war back in America, normally students opposing the draft or unjust involvement.
Antiwar Movement
51.7%
An analogy often used to describe the fragile position of American involvement. By definition; a precarious or sticky situation.
Quagmire
49.1%
The term coined to describe the rise in military commitment from the USA, in retaliation to the rise of insurgency and attacks from the North.
Escalation
46.8%
The word for the letter Y in the new Nato Phonetic alphabet that came into circulation after 1956.
Yankee
40.5%
American General in charge of military operations in Vietnam 1964-
1968.
Westmoreland
37.8%
Given name of the president of South Vietnam until 1963, when he was eventually assassinated in a coup.
Ngô Đình Diệm
35.4%
Policy under President Nixon to train and equip Southern Vietnamese troops in order to reduce United States military commitment.
Vietnamization
31.6%
An American operation that saw the intense bombing of North Vietnam, beginning March 2nd, 1965.
Rolling Thunder
30.2%
An operation under President Richard Nixon in 1972 which saw the bombing of North Vietnam resume after the bombing halt in 1968.
Linebacker
14.1%
A district in South Vietnam. A battle took place here that is considered to be the final large scale battle of the Vietnam War.
Xuân Lộc
3.7%
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