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Roots of the Vietnam War

Roots of the Vietnam War. Vietnam: French Rule. France controlled Vietnam before WWII Japanese occupation during the war France fought to get Vietnam back America supports French control. Ho Chi Minh. Leader of Vietnamese Communist Party Led from exile in China since 1920’s

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Roots of the Vietnam War

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  1. Roots of the Vietnam War

  2. Vietnam: French Rule • France controlled Vietnam before WWII • Japanese occupation during the war • France fought to get Vietnam back • America supports French control

  3. Ho Chi Minh • Leader of Vietnamese Communist Party • Led from exile in China since 1920’s • Snuck back into Vietnam during WWII • Declared independence in 1945 • Creates Vietminh: Freedom fighters

  4. Ho Chi Minh

  5. France fights in Indochina (1945-1954) • Tries to keep their colony • U.S. sends money • Ho Chi Minh flees and fights from the North • U.S. Afraid of Domino Theory • If one country falls, all others around will fall • French defeated at Dien Bien Phu (5/54)

  6. Vietnam Split in two • North controlled by communists • South run by Ngo Dinh Diem • Vietcong fights in the South • Communists supported by Ho Chi Minh • Assassinated thousands of gov’t leaders • Kennedy sends 16,000 Americans to Nam • 1961

  7. Eisenhower and Diem

  8. Diem is unpopular • South Vietnamese hate him • He attacks Buddhism • No land reform • Corrupt • U.S. supprts coup, Diem assassinated • Nov 1, 1963

  9. Kennedy Slain (Nov 22, 1963)

  10. Kennedy Slain (November 22, 1963)

  11. Book Depository at Dealy Plaza

  12. Lyndon Johnson takes office Johnson takes the oath, Dallas, 1963

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