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Vietnam

Vietnam. Background to a Quagmire Part 1. http://www.cambodiacorps.org/History/Map-NVN_SVN.gif. Long, independent history. 1225, Kublai Khan invaded Each place he went, Vietnamese anticipated him Cities all evacuated Disease, shortage of supplies, climate Vietnamese army: harassment

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Vietnam

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  1. Vietnam Background to a Quagmire Part 1 http://www.cambodiacorps.org/History/Map-NVN_SVN.gif

  2. Long, independent history • 1225, Kublai Khan invaded • Each place he went, Vietnamese anticipated him • Cities all evacuated • Disease, shortage of supplies, climate • Vietnamese army: harassment • Guerilla war • Scorched-earth policy • Booby-traps in the harbor • One of TWO countries to escape Mongol domination Source: http://www.lssu.edu/faculty/jswedene/images/kublai_khan.jpg

  3. French: started with missionaries • Starting 1700s • Mid-1800s, Vietnam gov’t decides to shut down Catholicism • Orders missionaries, Christians killed. • Mid-1800s, what are European nations doing? Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Matyrdom_of_Saint_Pierre_Borie_1838_Vietnam.jpg

  4. French: developed into colonialism • 1860 - 1883, French military • Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos become possessions. • Large plantations • Profitable for the French • Vietnamese: poverty • Ongoing rebellions • 1930s: Communist Party organized • Ho Chi Minh-- charismatic leader http://www.1-5th-m-25th-inf-1966.com/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=2630

  5. WWII: France falls to Hitler • French Indochina falls to the Japanese • Japan was no better than the French • Rubber, rice, minerals • U.S. backed Vietnamese rebels • Led by Ho Chi Minh • Help fighting the Japanese • 1945: Vietnam divided • South returned to France • North given to Nationalist Chinese Source: http://virginiawestern.edu/faculty/vwhansd/HIS122/Images/Ho_Chi_Minh.jpg

  6. Please go to Part 2.

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