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Vietnam war
Before
Before WWII
Vietnam was rule by the French
During the war was by the Japenese
Ho Chi Minh
Leader of the anti japanese movement
Was communist
Decleared the Vietnam independent
After war France try to recovered the territory
USA supported them
Although they could not and were pulled out in 1954
After a peace conference the country was divided in South and North
Until the elections
USA prevented it
The north was Communist
The south was more Capitalist
Although not all the people was capitalist
USA supported Ngo Dinh Diem
Although he was unpopular since
Land lord
Christian
Currupted
It was created
The Viet Cong
Communist people of both side started guerrilla to the South regime
A communist group that defended Vietnam
In 1964
Vietnamese attacked on US ships
Lyndon Johnson used this as a cue for war.
Dominos teory
This type of war was related to this teory and the teory of the containment
Since the Capitalist thought
If one country fell into the communist the others would start falling also
So they had to prevent any country of becoming communist
USA FACED TO
The guerrilla warfare
Vietnamese used their knowledge of the territory to attack the soldiers
The Viet Cong
The commitment of defending their territory
The Civilians
The peace movement
Hippies
Was far from his own country
The average age of the soldiers was 19
US Tactics
Bombed neighbourhoods, railways, towns and cities.
They could not find the people
They started destroying all
They were living below the floor
Chemical Weapons
Napal
It was so painful
Agent orange
Search and destroy tactics
Although the US could not reach the Vietnamese base
Despite the technology they were in capable of finding them
The media was important
They were saying if the war was fair
And the way they attacked civilians
My Lai
Soldiers went to kill a Viet Congn a Saturday
Those days the people went to the market so there were not many civilians
They found nothing so they started killing civilians
400 people were killed without reason
Firstly the lied, stating that they killed many soldiers of the Viet Congn
The soldiers did not want although was an order
The reputation of USA decreased
Nixon as a president and the call off
1968
Nixon became president and started the peace talks
Finally they called off the war
In 1973
Policies
He improved the relations with the USSR and China
Vietnamisation of the war
He started withdrawing the troops
Two years later the Communist won the war
He increased the bombing in Vietnam in order to not show weakness
Disaster for contaiment
Militarily
Terrible propaganda
Strategically failed