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Q: What is the My Lai Massacre and how did it affect the US views on the Vietnam War?
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What occured at My Lai?

Currently, the event is referred to as the My Lai Massacre in the United States and called the Sơn Mỹ Massacre in Vietnam. it was the Vietnam War mass killing of between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam on March 16, 1968.


What was the location of the Vietnam massacre?

The Vietnam war was conducted mostly in Vietnam. (That's in Southeast Asia.) There were spillover campaigns into Laos and Cambodia.


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 is so famous about your Lai?

See: My Lai Massacre.


What incident at My Lai exposed the frustration that many American soldiers felt about the Vietnam War?

The My Lai massacre took place in 1968, and came to light in 1969. The village of My Lai was wiped out by American soldiers, for no valid military reason. This was a war crime, and an embarrassment to America which supposedly was in Vietnam to help the Vietnamese.


How many people died during the my lai massacre?

Those figures change, based upon the writer's resources: See website: My Lai Massacre.


How did the actions of the US military after the my lai massacre affect?

The cover up after the event and the trial helped build antiwar sentiment.


What happened at your Lai in Vietnam?

First off, it's My Lai. And I am to assume that you're speaking of the My Lai Massacre, in which Lt. William Calley ordered the murder of some 300-500 innocent women, children, and elderly. Many of the bodies were found tortured, raped, and mutilated. When the incident became public knowledge it caused and increase in tensions between the U.S. and Vietnam.


Which nation committed the your Lai massacre?

us


How was the your lai massacre shown on TV?

It wasn't.