VEITNAM WAR
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- Created on: 21-04-22 08:25
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- veintnam war
- causes
- french defeat at diem bein phu
- veitnam initially apart of the french-indo-china.
- french fought Ho Chi Minh and veitminh forces and lost the battle - gave up veitnam
- 3000 french killed and 8000 wounded
- veitminh 8000 killed and 12000 wounded
- geneva agreement sighned july 1954
- international meeting to decide what to do with veitnam after french defeat
- decision to split veitnam at the 17th parallel
- north veintam = communist - Ho Chi Minh
- south veitnam = captalist - Ngo Dinh Diem
- domino theory
- us feared communism - worried about it spreading and threating the US and knock on impact of other countries
- opposition to diem
- Diem = corrupt (favoured catholics)
- persicuted the buddhists
- unpopular with south veitnamese
- US failed to support Diem
- Diem assaniation Nov 1963
- gulf of tokin incindent - aug 1964
- torpedo boats fiered at US warship the madox by supposed veitcong
- president johnson wanted to take action
- another alleged attack = passed the gulf of tokin resouloution through congress
- power to take any nessesary measure to defened freedom
- feb 1965 - vietcong attack US helicopter base
- led to opperation thunder and troops led to veitnam
- gulf of tokin incindent - aug 1964
- torpedo boats fiered at US warship the madox by supposed veitcong
- president johnson wanted to take action
- another alleged attack = passed the gulf of tokin resouloution through congress
- power to take any nessesary measure to defened freedom
- feb 1965 - vietcong attack US helicopter base
- led to opperation thunder and troops led to veitnam
- led to opperation thunder and troops led to veitnam
- feb 1965 - vietcong attack US helicopter base
- power to take any nessesary measure to defened freedom
- another alleged attack = passed the gulf of tokin resouloution through congress
- gulf of tokin incindent - aug 1964
- led to opperation thunder and troops led to veitnam
- feb 1965 - vietcong attack US helicopter base
- power to take any nessesary measure to defened freedom
- another alleged attack = passed the gulf of tokin resouloution through congress
- french defeat at diem bein phu
- causes
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