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VIETNAM, 1946-75 (the 10 000 Day War)

US Cold War Foreign Policy

Political differences/conflicts between the US and USSR - capitalism vs communism

The Domino Theory

If the communists control China and Southeast Asia,Japan and, eventually, the US. could be threatened

ContainmentStopping the spread of communism

The Vietnam War
1954 - 1975

PHASE 1 - A WAR OF COLONIAL INDEPENDENCE

Vietnam had been a French colony under the name of French Indochina

Vietnam began to fight for independence from France during WW II

In 1941, the Japanese invaded Vietnam

The revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh gained control of North Vietnam and declared Vietnam's independence in 1945

The French tried to regain control

Communist China supported North Vietnam, the US supported the French

The colonial war (1946-54) ended in French defeat at Dien Bien Phu

In 1954, Vietnam was split into a communist North and a democratic South Vietnam led by Ngo Dinh Diem

No general election to unite Vietnam in 1956

Ho Chi Minh & the Viet Cong (NLF) started a guerilla war against the US & S. Vietnam

Dictatorial rule by Diem

Diems family held all power

Rich elite

Buddhist majority persecuted

Torture, no political freedom

Eisenhower sent financial and military aid

675 U.S. Army advisors sent by 1960.

Rule under Diem

Early Protests of Diems Government

Burning Body of a Buddhist Monk

PHASE 2 AMERICAN ESCALATION AND MILITARY INVOLVEMENT

In 1963 JFK supported a Vietnamese military coup detat Diem was killed

Gulf of Tonkin Incident, 1964

- Lyndon B. Johnson sent troops in 1965

The Ground War began

- Viet Cong set up the Ho Chi Minh Trail

- The US was unprepared for theVietcong guerrilla warfare

The Ground War 1965-1968

Cu-Chi Tunnels

The US was not able to shut down the Ho Chi Minh Trail

The Air War 1965-1968

1965: Bombing of North Vietnam

Operation Rolling Thunder (March 2, 1965)

1966-68: Ongoing bombing of Hanoi nonstop for 3 years,especially along the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

Downed pilots: P.O.W.s

Carpet Bombing napalm

A Napalm Attack

Vietnam was the first living room war where American audiences saw the brutality of war

Body counts on TV every night

US losses saw an increase in antiwar sentiment in America

TV War

N. Vietnamese Army + Viet Cong attack 100 cities,

bases, and the US embassy in Saigon

ConsequencesThe US defeated the Viet Cong

Viet Cong destroyed

N. Vietnamese army debilitated

Seen as an American defeat by the media

Anger, distrust of LB Johnson's administration

The Tet Offensive, 1968

Hey, Hey LBJ! How many kids did you kill today?

Unfair representation of poor people and minorities.Major racial problemsMajor drug problemsMen in combat for 12 months

American morale becomes low

Hell no, we wont go!

Anti-War Demonstrations

Columbia University 1967

My Lai Massacre, 1968

Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry

Lt. William Calley,Platoon Leader

200-500 unarmed villagers

Democratic Convention in Chicago, 1968

Student Protestors at Univ. of CA in Berkeley, 1968



Counterculture grew (Hippies, Flower Children, etc.) protests increased and polarized the nation

The Kent State Massacre

May 4, 19704 students shot dead11 students woundedJackson State UniversityMay 10, 19702 dead; 12 wounded

PHASE 3 VIETNAMESE CIVIL WAR, 1973-75

Nixon promised an end to the war: Peace with Honor

Nixon introduced Vietnamization (1969)

Expansion of the conflict: The Secret War & Agent Orange

Pentagon Papers, 1971 revealed American intentions in Vietnam

In 1973, North and South Vietnam, the Viet Cong and the US signed a peace agreement

The NVA defeated the South by 1975

In 1975, the US left Saigon

South Vietnamese escaping

A United Communist Vietnam

26th Amendment: vote for 18-year-olds

Nixon abolished the draft all-volunteer army

War Powers Act, 1973 Reaffirms Congresss constitutional right to declare war.

Changes in the Law

President Clinton formally recognized Vietnam on
July 11, 1995

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