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All you need to know about the VIETNAM WAR for the TAKS test

All you need to know about the VIETNAM WAR for the TAKS test. Background. Domino Theory Under Chinese & French authority Vietminh League for the Independence of Vietnam Led by Ho Chi Minh 1954 – freed from France & “temp” divided 1957 – “civil war” begins US helps the South.

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All you need to know about the VIETNAM WAR for the TAKS test

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  1. All you need to know about the VIETNAM WAR for the TAKS test

  2. Background • Domino Theory • Under Chinese & French authority • Vietminh • League for the Independence of Vietnam • Led by Ho Chi Minh • 1954 – freed from France & “temp” divided • 1957 – “civil war” begins • US helps the South

  3. Early US Involvement • JFK, 1960 – tough on Communism • By 1963 • 16k military advisors • Other aid, all squandered • S. Vietnam’s leadership grows unpopular • US-supported coup

  4. LBJ’s Role • JFK shot 3 weeks after coup  LBJ • Vietcong • Communist guerillas in S. Vietnam • National Liberation Front • LBJ decides to escalate the war • Gulf of Tonkin Incident • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

  5. Military Tactics • VC • sneak attacks, sabotage, booby traps • guerilla warfare, snipers, elaborate underground tunnels, undercover VC • US • Saturation bombing / fragmentation bombing • Herbicide (Agent Orange) • Napalm

  6. Vietcong Tunnel System

  7. Escaping from napalm

  8. Agent Orange

  9. Johnson’s Escalation • Landslide victory in 1964 • 1965 troop buildup • 25,000 at beginning of year • 184,000 at end of year • Operation Rolling Thunder • 3 years of continual bombing • Hawks & doves criticize back in US

  10. Massacres • US troop presence • 385,000 (1966) • 485,000 (1967) • 536,000 (1968) • Tet Offensive • VC atrocities • US atrocities (My Lai) • Outcome*

  11. Era of Protests • Students involved • Free speech • Teach-ins • Draftresistance

  12. Change in Leadership • LBJ, no. RFK, yes. Well, no. • Richard Nixon wins 1968 election. • Democrats stay home on Election Day.

  13. End of the War • Nixon widens thewar (Cambodia) • More demonstrations • Kent State,Jackson State,NYC construction • 1972 • Peace announced • Election • 1973 – peace realized

  14. Results of the War • Fighting continued for 2 more years • Initial domino effect • Khmer Rouge • Vietnam • US effects • Casualties & money spent • Welcome home (Sanitarium) • Vietnam Memorial (1982)

  15. Inside Tuol Sleng prison: once a notorious Khmer Rouge torture centre, the prison was turned into a genocide museum in 1980. The photo shows a wheelchair-using survivor of the Khmer Rouge silhouetted against an English translation of the prison’s draconian ‘security regulations’. The regulations were posted on small pieces of board in each cell. Photo: Dave Perkins / Globalaware

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