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Indochinese war for independence after WW2

Indochinese war for independence after WW2 Indochina was divided into North- and South Vietnam and gained independence along with Cambodia and Laos. Temporary partition , north and south The Geneva Convention , northern vietnamese fled southwards The domino theory , communism

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Indochinese war for independence after WW2

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  1. Indochinese war for independence after WW2 Indochina was divided into North- and South Vietnam and gained independence along with Cambodia and Laos

  2. Temporarypartition, north and south • The GenevaConvention, northernvietnamesefledsouthwards • The domino theory, communism • Insurgency in the South • National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF)

  3. John F. Kenedywonelection in the US • South Vietnam needsmilitaryhelp • More frequentattacks from the north • The Ho Chi Minh trail (supply route) • The Green Beret was sent in

  4. USS Maddoxattacked by torpedoes • US outnumbered, 1/10 • Operation Rolling Thunder, 1965-69 • Bombed back to the Stone Age • 1965, 3,500 US Marines were dispatched to the south • Defense, 200,000 by Dec. • Shake ’n’ Bakesoldiers • Nowheresafe for Americans

  5. Most toxic dioxin available (Agent Orange), 75,700,000 liters sprayed • PAVN/NLF hidden under triple-canopy jungle • Completely removes foliage • In 2006, 4,000,000 victims of dioxin poisoning in Vietnam

  6. 80.000 troopsstruck more than 100 cities and militaryobjectives • The Offensive was a greatdefeat • Started the anti-warmovement in USA

  7. President Nixon started cutting down on the number of troops in Vietnam • Was caused by low morale among the troops and lack of support in the USA • The Army was replaced by the ”Vietnamization” groups

  8. Finallarge scale offensive • The goalwas to defeat the South Vietnamese forces and force the surrender of the goverment • The Fall of Saigon in 1975 marked the end of the war

  9. US defeat, political? • ThirdIndochinaWar, 1979 • Communisttakeover, 2 mio. civiliansfled • US turnedtheir back to the marines • No aid for veterans suffering mental or physical disabilities, turned to begging or crime

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