aviest fighting in the entire war. For the North there were 100,000 military casualties, for the South, 40,000. Nixon realised how harmful the events were concerning the public opinion. He and Kissinger therefore desperately wanted the peace talks in Paris to lead to an agreement before Nixons trial as president ended. Throughout the Eastertide offensive, Henri Kissinger had peace talk meetings with Le Duc Tho. When, with a lot of concessions, an end was finally in sight, Le Duc Tho, decided not to go along with their plans. Those plans involved that the U.S. would allow North Vietnamese troops in South Vietnam to remain there, while North Vietnam dropped its demand for the removal of the South Vietnamese President, Thieu, and the dissolution of his government. In 1972 it was time to elect a new president. Nixons anti-war campaign had without a doubt helped Richard Nixon win his first election. When Nixon became president people were convinced that he was the man who would put an end to the war in Vietnam. However in his term as president, the opposite happened. During his presidency the number of casualties increased as the bombings of Northern Vietnam continued once again. Instead of taking the peaceful road, he tried to make North Vietnam surrender to yet another rage of terror.Nixon now feared that the public would demand a much quicker withdrawal from Vietnam than he had planned. With this in mind, Henry Kissinger, asked the public to give Nixon six months, He said If the war is not over then, you can come back and tear down the White House. Even though Nixon had broken his first promise, the public now still believed him when he said that he would make a swift end to the war. In the elections he was re-elected for his second term as president.The Paris Peace Accords After Nixons re-election, the peace talks in Paris resumed. However the talks once again lead to nothing. Nixon and Kissinger, aware of their promise made to the publi...
