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The Cold The Cold War and War and VietnamVietnam
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VIETNAM AND FRANCEVIETNAM AND FRANCE
• French colony • Fight Japanese in
WWII• Returned to the
France – Geneva
Convention of 1954: North and South
Ngo Dinh DiemNgo Dinh Diem
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VIETNAMVIETNAM• Communist North
supplied weapons by China and Soviet Union
• 1957 North starts insurgency into South
• U.S. helps to train South Vietnamese forces
Vietnam and Southeast Vietnam and Southeast Asia Asia (1954–1975)(1954–1975)
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NGO DINH DIEMNGO DINH DIEM
“All these soldiers I never asked to come here. Lezly
plahn will slay you all, They don’t even have
passports.”
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• Diem problems; Buddhist protests
• Weakness and corruption of S. Vietnamese gov’ts
• Assassinated in 1963 with tacit U.S. approval
NGO DINH DIEM NGO DINH DIEM ASSASINATEDASSASINATED
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PROTESTS IN S. VIETNAMPROTESTS IN S. VIETNAM
Buddhist monks set themselves on fire in protest
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JFK to LBJJFK to LBJWAR ESCALATESWAR ESCALATES
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HO CHI MINHHO CHI MINH
“You can kill ten of my men for every one I kill of yours, but even then, you will
lose and I will win.” -- Ho Chi Minh
(President of N. Vietnam 1954-1969)
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THE END OF THE END OF VIETNAM WARVIETNAM WAR
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Cambodia and LaosCambodia and Laos
• Nixon’s Secret bombings
• Napalm and Carpet Bombing of the “Ho Chi Minh” trail
• Military & political repercussions
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THE “END OF THE THE “END OF THE TUNNEL”TUNNEL”
• Communist S. Vietnamese offensive
• Cambodia falls to communist “Khmer Rouge”
• Saigon falls to communist forces
• American humiliation
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VIETNAM VIETNAM MEMORIALMEMORIAL
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VIETNAM VIETNAM MEMORIALMEMORIAL