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Vietnam

Vietnam. The birth of the Revolution. Viet Minh – May 1941 August Revolution on August 19, 1945 Declaration of Independence on September 2, 1945 French Indochina War 1946-1954. Battle of Dien Bien Phu - MARCH 13, 1954. The Great Victory of the Vietnamese people on May 7 th , 1954

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Vietnam

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  1. Vietnam

  2. The birth of the Revolution • Viet Minh – May 1941 • August Revolution on August 19, 1945 • Declaration of Independence on September 2, 1945 • French Indochina War 1946-1954

  3. Battle of Dien Bien Phu-MARCH 13, 1954 • The Great Victory of the Vietnamese people on May 7th , 1954 • “All subject peoples are filled with hope by the prospect that an era of right and justice is opening for them. . . in the struggle of civilization against barbarism.”- Ho Chi Minh

  4. Fighting for Freedom • “The U.S imperialists stepped into the French colonialists’ shoes” – Pham Van Dong

  5. The Tet Offensive – January 30-31, 1968

  6. Liberation of Saigon- April 30, 1975

  7. Liberation of Saigon

  8. Idea OF freedom • “If you force us into war, we will fight. The struggle will be atrocious, but the Vietnamese people will suffer anything rather renounce their freedom”- Ho Chi Minh

  9. Idea of freedom • “Americans say Vietnamese are just slant-eyed savages. The Vietnamese have 5,000 years of history. We fight against the invaders. It is not we who are the savages”- Thich Lieu Minh

  10. casualties • 4,000,000 Civilians in the North and the South • 1.1 Million Military killed • 600,000 Military wounded

  11. Agent Orange Agent Orange

  12. Vietnam after the war

  13. VietnamRelationship • The U.S and the Vietnamese people did not have the “Normalization Process” from 1975 to March 1992

  14. Vietnam Relationships • Vietnam didn’t start reconstruction until the 1980’s due to the bad conditions they suffered during the war.

  15. Vietnam Relationship 3 main points of arguments: • Bitterness & distrust among leaders of both sides • Controversies over POW/MIA and the Cambodian issues are still unsolved • Allies on both sides delayed the Normalization Process

  16. VietnamRelationship • 3 Ways US retaliated against Vietnam • Not paying war reparations. • Imposing an embargo to destroy its (Vietnam) economy. • Forcing Vietnam to Co-op with searching for American missing soldiers as a bribe to lift the embargo

  17. In Conclusion “Our Vietnamese nation has travelled a road full of hardships but is radiant with victories”- Pham Van Dong

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