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The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War. 1945. The Vietnamese had helped the allies defeat the invading Japanese army The Vietnamese NOW wanted their independence from French colonial rule France, US, UN not willing to give it to them Vietnamese NATIONALISTS joined forces with the communists to fight the French

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The Vietnam War

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  1. The Vietnam War

  2. 1945 • The Vietnamese had helped the allies defeat the invading Japanese army • The Vietnamese NOW wanted their independence from French colonial rule • France, US, UN not willing to give it to them • Vietnamese NATIONALISTS joined forces with the communists to fight the French • Nationalist led by Ho Chi Mihn

  3. The French Lose • After eight years of fighting, the Vietnamese forces defeat the French at Dien Bien Phu • President Eisenhower, concerned by the communist victory, saw this as a threat to the whole of Asia. • The Domino Theory was proposed by the President. • After the war, in the North-Communist • In the South-Pro American and French government

  4. The Two Vietnams • The South was governed my a military dictator • Opposition movements led by Vietcong( guerilla fighters) • The Vietcong gained support of the people • Civil war throughout the country was happening everywhere, the South Vietnamese President Ngo Dihn Diem was assassinated. • The US saw the potential of a Southern defeat and escalated their involvement

  5. President Johnson • President Johnson decides to send nearly 200000 more soldiers to Vietnam in 1964 • The US faced TWO major challenges • The landscape and the Southern government that they were defending was INCREDIBLY unpopular • The Soviet Union backed the North • Unable to win a decisive ground victory, the USA turned to Airpower. • This would lead to the people of Vietnam hating the United States

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