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The Vietnam War Quiz
How well do you know the Vietnam War? Ten questions, from Ho Chi Minh's independence speech in 1945 to the last helicopters out of Saigon in 1975, each with a short explanation.
- 10 questions
- About 3 minutes
- Medium
- Includes a map and a photo
About this quiz
The Vietnam War lasted three decades if you count the French phase. It changed the way Americans thought about their country's power, and it ended with Vietnam unified under the communist government in Hanoi. The quiz follows its turning points: Ho Chi Minh's independence speech, the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu, the Gulf of Tonkin, the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the Tet Offensive and the fall of Saigon.
Other questions cover what the Vietnamese call the war, the boxer who refused the draft, a photograph from the last days of Saigon and the memorial in Washington that lists the American dead.
Topics in this quiz
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Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh was the Vietnamese revolutionary who fought France and the United States for independence and founded North Vietnam's communist state.
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Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a surprise North Vietnamese attack across South Vietnam in January 1968 that failed militarily but turned Americans against the war.
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Guerrilla Warfare
Guerrilla warfare is a form of fighting in which small, mobile forces use ambush and dispersal to wear down a larger conventional army.
