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Early Conflicts in Vietnam

Early Conflicts in Vietnam. 21.1. Vietnam. Southeast Asia France controlled, along with Laos and Cambodia Called French Indochina. Ho Chi Minh. Nationalist HATED French imperialist control Thought COMMUNISM was best way to fight it. Japan.

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Early Conflicts in Vietnam

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  1. Early Conflicts in Vietnam 21.1

  2. Vietnam • Southeast Asia • France controlled, along with Laos and Cambodia • Called French Indochina

  3. Ho Chi Minh • Nationalist • HATED French imperialist control • Thought COMMUNISM was best way to fight it

  4. Japan • During WWII, Japan helped Minh and other nationalists to drive French out • Japan wanted to rule however • Minh does not want that either; he wants Vietnam to be independent • Japan lost WWII, so Minh declared Vietnam independent

  5. France Says Wait a Minute • France thought Vietnam still belonged to them • France fights for it back • U.S. aided France because of Vietnam wanting communism • Domino Theory: too many Asian countries are becoming communist; can’t have another

  6. Vietnam vs. France • Vietminh: Vietnamese nationalists (Minh) • Used Guerilla Warfare to fight French • French had to surrender in 1954

  7. End Result • Vietnam was temporarily divided into North and South Vietnam • North Vietnam: Communist; led by Ho Chi Minh • South Vietnam: Democracy; led by Ngo Dinh Diem • Wanted Vietnam to eventually be united again in 2 years

  8. Time to Unite? • Diem was a HORRIBLE leader in the south • Appointed family members as leaders; but U.S. still backed him • Minh was loved in the north, and since Diem was so horrible, some in the south also loved Minh • As a result, Diem refused to allow the south to vote on unification sensing he would lose • U.S. backed Diem’s decision!!

  9. National Liberation Front • Southern Vietnamese people who fought Diem • Vietcong: communist guerillas who helped South fight

  10. Vietcong vs. Diem • U.S. and Eisenhower back Diem and the South still • Military aid was sent by the U.S. • When Kennedy became president, he sent even more military advisers by 1961

  11. Diem’s Mistake • Diem’s soldiers fired on Buddhist demonstrators • U.S. became enraged with that; especially when Buddhist monks set themselves on fire which appeared on T.V. and newspapers • Diem lost U.S. support

  12. November, 1963 • A group of South Vietnamese generals took over the government and killed Diem • South Vietnam now experienced even more unrest and an uncertain future • The U.S. however, still does not want communism in the south

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