Vietnam war
,Background
Pre 4411112 2 French rule Indo China Cambodia
Harsh Vietnam
1940 Japan invade Laos
set up Viet Minh HoChi minh
guerilla warfare resist Japan occupation
Ho Chi Minh o North Viet president communist
1945 Japan 1111142defeat HoChiMinh Independence declared
After 111111112 French tried to regain power o forced to withdraw defeated by
Geneva conf easy Viet army Dien Bien
Laos Cambodia Viet independent PhU in 1954
NorthViet o Vietminh com
South Viet backed byUsa French o intended to unite underone
gov after 1956elections
Ngo Diem
tyrannical Catholic
Persecuted Buddhist majority
refused to implement reforms holdelections angeredSouth
, North South struggle
1957 1965
1960 NLF demand elections democratic national coalition gov
s intro reforms t unite Viet
NLF com form Vietcong North
1963 Diem killed in South Viet army coup
Viet Cong o Vietcong took advantage
backe'd
by China Soviets popular in rural areas gave land to
v
Receive supplies food weapons peasants infrastructure
troops via Ho Chi Minh
Tra series of complex jungle paths
North us struggle
1965 1969
south turn to Vietcong Us alarmed o
policy of contalment
Domino effect sTruman
Till 1954 US support French against Vietminh
1954 60 o us sent aid to South
,Background
Pre 4411112 2 French rule Indo China Cambodia
Harsh Vietnam
1940 Japan invade Laos
set up Viet Minh HoChi minh
guerilla warfare resist Japan occupation
Ho Chi Minh o North Viet president communist
1945 Japan 1111142defeat HoChiMinh Independence declared
After 111111112 French tried to regain power o forced to withdraw defeated by
Geneva conf easy Viet army Dien Bien
Laos Cambodia Viet independent PhU in 1954
NorthViet o Vietminh com
South Viet backed byUsa French o intended to unite underone
gov after 1956elections
Ngo Diem
tyrannical Catholic
Persecuted Buddhist majority
refused to implement reforms holdelections angeredSouth
, North South struggle
1957 1965
1960 NLF demand elections democratic national coalition gov
s intro reforms t unite Viet
NLF com form Vietcong North
1963 Diem killed in South Viet army coup
Viet Cong o Vietcong took advantage
backe'd
by China Soviets popular in rural areas gave land to
v
Receive supplies food weapons peasants infrastructure
troops via Ho Chi Minh
Tra series of complex jungle paths
North us struggle
1965 1969
south turn to Vietcong Us alarmed o
policy of contalment
Domino effect sTruman
Till 1954 US support French against Vietminh
1954 60 o us sent aid to South
