1 / 7

Vietnam's Struggle for Independence: A Historical Overview

Explore the pivotal events in Vietnam's fight for independence, from the Geneva Accords of 1954 to Ngo Dinh Diem's leadership in South Vietnam. Learn about the National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) and the Self-Immolation of a Buddhist Monk in 1963.

leah-mcclain
Download Presentation

Vietnam's Struggle for Independence: A Historical Overview

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Terms • Ho Chi Minh • Geneva Accords • Ngo Dinh Diem (pronounced “Z-em”) • National Liberation Front (NLF; better known to Americans as the “Viet Cong)

  2. Ho Chi Minh1890-1969

  3. Geneva Accords (1954) • A temporary partition at the 17th parallel would divide Vietnam into a North and South. • France had 10 months to withdraw to south of the division. The supporters of Vietnamese independence would withdraw to the north. • No military alliances could be made with outside powers and no foreign military bases could be built on Vietnamese soil. • Elections were to be held within two years to determine the leader of a re-unified Vietnam

  4. Ngo Dinh DiemCatholic leader of South Vietnam(1955)

  5. The Self-Immolation of a Buddhist Monk (June 1963)

More Related