Vietnam Cold War Conflict Vietnam War A major Cold War Conflict.
Vietnam War
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Vietnam War
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Vietnam War16.1 Reading
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Agreed to help the French to stop the spread of communism in SE Asia
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Containment
Domino Theory
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What is the relationship/ connection
between the pictures?
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Origins of the War French Occupation (1877-1940) Japanese Occupation (1940-
1945)
Late 1945 – France sent troops back to Vietnam to take back the country
Ho Chi Minh –Leader of North Vietnam; fought to unite Vietnam under Communism
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The US Aids FranceThe US & France saw the Vietminh as a dangerous Communist threat (domino theory)
The US helps France try to fight in Vietnam but France loses (Dienbienphu) and goes home
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Following WWII Vietnam was divided at the 17th parallel (N and S).
Ho Chi Minh is the leader of the North Diem is the leader of the South
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Vietminh
Vietcong
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Ho Chi Minh + Vietminh (his army) fight against France
Vietcong – South Vietnamese guerrilla fighters who were sympathetic to Ho Chi Minh
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Elections
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Diem would not participate in the elections because he knew he would lose
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How are these three pictures related?
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Quote from Ho Chi Minh about the war: It is a “clash between a tiger and an
elephant. In open battle the elephant would crush the tiger. If the tiger every once in awhile crept out of the jungle to tear chucks off the elephant’s hide, the elephant would slowly bleed to death.”
Who is the elephant and who is the tiger? What does this say about what kind of war this is going to be?
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DiemRoman Catholic in an overwhelmingly Buddhist nation-did not win support from the people
-was corrupt-was eventually assassinated
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DiemDiem was a Roman Catholic in an overwhelmingly Buddhist nation-did not win support from the people
-was corrupt-was eventually assassinated
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A monk set himself on fire to protest Diem’s ruthless policies
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USS Maddox
USS Turner Joy
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USS Turner Joy and USS Maddox were allegedly attacked
Johnson went to Congress and received a blank check.
There was NO declaration of war