The vietnam war

THE VIETNAM WAR

By The Yorkshire man, The Invaded by the Invader, and The Warrior

THE VIETNAM WAR (AN INTRODUCTION) Vietnam was a French Colony since the

late 19th Century. After WWII they were drove out. Later the Japanese took over Vietnam after the French suffered. After America Dropped “Little Boy” The Japanese left Vietnam.

The French tried to regain control of Vietnam, however the Vietnamese Resisted under the leadership of Ho Chi Minh with the Vietminh army

WHAT WAS AMERICA DOING THERE? There are a couple of reasons why

America invaded Vietnam Some suggest that it was because of the

Gulf of Tonkin attack Others say it was because America

didn't want Vietnam to reunite and create the ‘domino’ effect.

WHAT HAPPENED? The French tried to regain power ,however

they were defeated at Dien Bien Phu in 1954 America steps in and says that Ho Chi Minh

can’t have all of Vietnam so they met in Geneva in 1954 (with Soviets, China and Britain) and made an agreement. They had to divide Vietnam into 2 zones, North and South. The Northern zone was led by Ho Chi Minh with the capital Hanoi and the southern zone was led by Ngo Dinh Diem with the capital Saigon. After 2 years the people of Vietnam should vote for one leader and reunite Vietnam but it never happened.

GENEVA CONFERENCEWhat did they want?

What did they get?

USA No Communist gains. Half of Vietnam was not Communist, half was.

USSR Decreased Cold War tension as Stalin had only just died.

Settlement that did not last.

China Keep US out. Gain international recognition.

Recognition, but US stayed in Southeast Asia.

France Respite. Retain some influence in Indochina.

Got out. Hardly retained any influence.

Ho Chi Minh Control over as much of Vietnam as possible.

Got Half of Vietnam.

UK Peace in Southeast Asia. Halt spread to Communism.

Uneasy, temporary peace. Communism not halted.

THE SEATO America formed the SEATO (SouthEast

Asia Treaty Organization) knowing that Vietnamwould have turned communist if they let them reunite (with all the Buddhist population against the Dinh Diem goverment)

THE DOMINO THEORY

THE TONKIN GULF It was about a Navy Ship being

destroyed by the North Vietnamese , however there was no evidence about this

America blames the Vietnamese and goes in with support

THE WAR In February 1965 President Johnson

ordered operation Rolling Thunder to begin

This is where the US bombarded the Vietnamese trying to get rid of the jungles

Agent Orange was used in operation Ranch Hand

THE WAR PART 2

THE WAR PART 3 The American people lost faith in their government after seeing whathow it looked like on television. President Nixon said that he could

withdraw his troops but he decided to continue the Vietnamisation

CAUSALITIES Vietnam – 500,000 – 1,300,000 USA – 60,000 Overall dead – 1,500,000 – 4,000,000 MANY OTHERS WERE WOUNDED From what we found around $132

Billion. The USA made a deal for every Vietcong

killed they gave $500,000

RESOURCES Wikipedia! www.whatreallyhappened.com The USA and Vietnam 1945-75 Third

Edition Mr Rowsell (wasn't that good)

ACTIVITIES! Who were the Vietminh? Who were the Vietcong? Describe why the use of Guerrilla tactics

was so effective Explain why America were

underprepared What effect did the Vietnam war have

on everyday life in Vietnam and America?

What caused America to lose the War Why are Americans embarrassed about

losing the war?