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Vietnam's Struggle for Independence (Vietnamese Victory (Vietcong…
Vietnam's Struggle for Independence
Japan Invasion near the end of WWII led to the end of the French Rule
French reasserted colonial rule and recaptured Saigon and South Vietnam in 1945
Vietnamese resistance forces led by Ho Chi Minh and Vo Nguyen Giap mounted a campaign of guerrilla warfares. the Viet Minh Aided by the Chinese defeated the French at Dien Bien Phu
Geneva Conference - peace conference (1954) - attempted to reunify the country but it remained divided. US in fear of the Domino effect started to support South Vietnam since Ngo Dinh Diem was corrupt and wouldn't win the war by himself. The North received support from the USSR and China
Viet Cong attacked the south government but the south with the support from the US could hold them back and draw with them.
domino theory
weak south vietnamese government
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
The North Vietnamese attacked the US Navy in the Gulf of Tonkin, US used this incident as an excuse to enter the war
NLF - National Liberation Front to fight against the South Vietnamese Rule, composed mostly of people from South Vietnam but received aid from the USSR and China
Nixon wanted Vietnamization which he attempted to achieve by invading Cambodia and resuming the North Bombings
Paris Peace Accord is signed in January 1973 which put an end to the US intervention. The war didn't stop even after the treaty, north Vietnam continued to pressure the south and without foreign aid it fell in 1976
Last US troops left 2only 2 months after the signing of the contract
Domino effect: Idea of a country turns communist it influences its neighbors to become communists too
North: communist / leader: Ho Chi Minh
South: capitalist/ leader: Ngo Dinh Diem
extension of the cold war: USSR vs USA --> communism vs capitalism
Vietnamese Victory
american troops were very unpopular
very brutal and cruel tactics such as the use of chemical weapons and air attacks
even the population of the south was undermined by these brutal tactics of the American troops, so they began to question whether the American troops were actually on their side, no longer trusting them, decreasing the popularity of the troops
Vietcong military tactics
guerrilla war: the use of knowlede of landscape to avoid open battle with the enemy
support of peasants: following the communist ideals the northern government offered land and labor aid to the peasants attracting their attention and prestige to the north
tunnel systems and traps
foreign support of USSR and China
president Johnson stopped bombing north vietnam in return for peace talks in paris
Julia Segatto and Thiago Monteiro