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The answer is NO! it happened after. Tet offensive happened on New Years, but My Lai massacre happened on 16 March 1968
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What is the mylai incidence?
The My Lai incident is sometimes referred to as the My Lai Massacre. In this incident, US soldiers killed a large number of women, children, and elderly people in a village in Vietnam.
Did people really call Vietnam veterans baby killers?
Yes. many protestors were unfair to the reurning veterans, many of whom where drafted and didn't really want to be there.additional detailsYes they did. To really answer the question, lets look at who said that. Although millions of people across the USA were against the war, not all of them took part in the demonstrations and even those that did, not all of those people resorted to violence and name calling. But, some more radical protestors did resort to calling returning veterans names, including baby killers. They did that because they perceived the veterans as wantonly killing innocent civilians, including babies. In actuality, most combat veterans took exceptional care when fighting around civilians not to injure or kill them. This caution sometimes led to injuries and death to themselves. However, the media and the photographers that witnessed the death and destruction of civilians and wrote about it, inflamed the anti war groups back in the US. Rightly or wrongly, they made the deaths of civilians more numerous than they actually were.And of course, the real cases of American war atrocities like the MyLai Massacre, only helped to insure that more and more people back in the states believed that all veterans were baby killers.
What went wrong during the Vietnam war and why?
In the Vietnam war, the USA were not able to overthrow the north Vietnamese because of their lack of guerrilla tactics and low morale. low morale happened mainly because of a lack of direction and purpose in young American troops, (21 being the average age of a soldier). The TET offensive played a key role in Americas downfall in the eye of civilian America. Images of the US embassy being taken by Viet Cong fighter were broadcast by Walter Cronkite who fed America the view that TET was a major military loss. Other iconic images such as a V.C suspect being shot in the street and napalm bombings also fuelled a political fire back in the US. Also among these, the fact that America's army was trained to fight conventional warfare also contributed to their defeat. Viet Cong fighters had an immense advantage over the US because of homeland support, guerrilla warfare, they knew the terrain, a strong sense of nationalism and their anonymity America refused to train its soldiers in unconventional warfare because of an alleged communist threat by neighbouring China. This was due to the theory Eisenhower produced claiming a "Domino Theory" explaining that if Vietnam was lost, it would create a "Domino effect", thus releasing communism onto the Free world, therefore threatening Americans and their economical, social and political beliefs. In the south, the government was unstable and had no support from the countrymen. Diem, chosen by the US mainly because he was anti french and anti communist, was 'puppeted' by the US, and didn't gain any support from his country. Ho Chi Minh (leader of Nth Vietnam) used Diem's little political control for propaganda creating the NLF or national liberation front. This party called for the union of all the people, and to overthrow the US and Diems political power. The Ho Chi Minh trail also played a very important role for the North Vietnamese. The trail stretched 400 kms long and delieved around 3 million tonnes of ammunitionand supply to the VC in South Vietnam over the course of the war. also, boobie traps, the CoChi tunnels, the MyLai massacre contributed to what went wrong for America in the Cold War.
What is the mylai incidence?
The My Lai incident is sometimes referred to as the My Lai Massacre. In this incident, US soldiers killed a large number of women, children, and elderly people in a village in Vietnam.
What has the author Martin Gershen written?
Martin Gershen has written: 'Destroy or die; the true story of Mylai'
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Tamil fonts,windows system,nhm,azlagi mylai,adhawin.... windows-start-system-install asien lang.
Did people really call Vietnam veterans baby killers?
Yes. many protestors were unfair to the reurning veterans, many of whom where drafted and didn't really want to be there.additional detailsYes they did. To really answer the question, lets look at who said that. Although millions of people across the USA were against the war, not all of them took part in the demonstrations and even those that did, not all of those people resorted to violence and name calling. But, some more radical protestors did resort to calling returning veterans names, including baby killers. They did that because they perceived the veterans as wantonly killing innocent civilians, including babies. In actuality, most combat veterans took exceptional care when fighting around civilians not to injure or kill them. This caution sometimes led to injuries and death to themselves. However, the media and the photographers that witnessed the death and destruction of civilians and wrote about it, inflamed the anti war groups back in the US. Rightly or wrongly, they made the deaths of civilians more numerous than they actually were.And of course, the real cases of American war atrocities like the MyLai Massacre, only helped to insure that more and more people back in the states believed that all veterans were baby killers.
What went wrong during the Vietnam war and why?
In the Vietnam war, the USA were not able to overthrow the north Vietnamese because of their lack of guerrilla tactics and low morale. low morale happened mainly because of a lack of direction and purpose in young American troops, (21 being the average age of a soldier). The TET offensive played a key role in Americas downfall in the eye of civilian America. Images of the US embassy being taken by Viet Cong fighter were broadcast by Walter Cronkite who fed America the view that TET was a major military loss. Other iconic images such as a V.C suspect being shot in the street and napalm bombings also fuelled a political fire back in the US. Also among these, the fact that America's army was trained to fight conventional warfare also contributed to their defeat. Viet Cong fighters had an immense advantage over the US because of homeland support, guerrilla warfare, they knew the terrain, a strong sense of nationalism and their anonymity America refused to train its soldiers in unconventional warfare because of an alleged communist threat by neighbouring China. This was due to the theory Eisenhower produced claiming a "Domino Theory" explaining that if Vietnam was lost, it would create a "Domino effect", thus releasing communism onto the Free world, therefore threatening Americans and their economical, social and political beliefs. In the south, the government was unstable and had no support from the countrymen. Diem, chosen by the US mainly because he was anti french and anti communist, was 'puppeted' by the US, and didn't gain any support from his country. Ho Chi Minh (leader of Nth Vietnam) used Diem's little political control for propaganda creating the NLF or national liberation front. This party called for the union of all the people, and to overthrow the US and Diems political power. The Ho Chi Minh trail also played a very important role for the North Vietnamese. The trail stretched 400 kms long and delieved around 3 million tonnes of ammunitionand supply to the VC in South Vietnam over the course of the war. also, boobie traps, the CoChi tunnels, the MyLai massacre contributed to what went wrong for America in the Cold War.
