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Background to The Vietnam War and US involvement - Coggle Diagram
Background to The Vietnam War and US involvement
The role of France
France had controlled Vietnam long before WW2
France wanted and tried to reclaim Vietnam
Were funded and supplied by the United States
Were forced to leave Vietnam after the Geneva Accords of 1954 and Vietnam were independent
Ho Chi Minh
Leader of the communist North Vietnam and Vietminh
Named after the Ho Chi MInh Trail
Wanted dependency for Vietnam
Led Vietnam to victory in the French-Indochina War
Set up the NLF
Dien Bien Phu
The French unknowingly left themselves surrounded by hills, on which the Vietnamese could attack
The French had only 11,000 soldiers compared to the Vietnamese's 40,000
They were severely outnumbered and lost the battle and were forced to retreat after the Geneva Accords
President Diem
Discriminated against Buddhists and most of the South Vietnamese population
He was supported by the US
He was unable to fulfill the US plans
Lost the support of the US and was eventually assassinated
President Eisenhower
Thought of the Domino Theory
Funded and supplied the French in Vietnam
Sent the first military advisors to aid the ARVN
President Kennedy and Strategic Hamlets
Plan to combat communism
Idea was to give peasants more protection and economic support
4 million people were involved
Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnamese patrol boats fired on the USS Maddox
After this Congress gave President Johnson full power to retaliate