HIST 3692 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Tet Offensive, Kent State Shootings, Lyndon B. Johnson

• School: York University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 3692
• Professor: William Gleberzon

Document Summary

Campaign by lyndon johnson to get us allies in asia and the pacific to participate in the vietnam war. Under this program thailand, australia and new zealand only contributed a limited amount of troops. The two major battles that forced the change in war was the battle of saratoga and the tet in the offenisve. In the battle of saratoga the americans defeated the british army which was thought to be the best army at that point. This victory convinced the french to support the american rebels with soldiers. In the tet offensive there were 300k chinese troops in north vietnam but they did not engage in tbattle. Four students were killed for protesting the vietnam war. The students were unarmed and were shot at.