vietnam conflict day 1
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Vietnam Vietnam ConflictConflict
Vietnam Vietnam ConflictConflict
Mr. Milantoni:Mr. Milantoni:“No other conflict since the Civil War
has so divided our nation.”
“Reflections” by Lee Teter
Pottsgrove Pottsgrove GraduatesGraduates
Robert SovizalDonald SlichterRonald Neuman
Stanley DavidheiserRobert Nevel
NORTHNORTH SOUTHSOUTH
CapitalCapitalGeograpGeograp
hyhyClimateClimate
EconomyEconomy
NicknamNicknameses
MountainsHot; humid;
fivemo. rainy
season
Hanoi Saigon
Jungle, tall grass
Monsoons; six
mo. rainy season
Industry AgricultureNVA; NLF;
Viet Minh, Viet Cong;VC; Charlie
ARVN
Nationality:Nationality:Vietnamese (Thai & Vietnamese (Thai &
Chinese)Chinese) Religions Practiced:Religions Practiced:
BuddhismBuddhismCatholicismCatholicism
Staple Foods: Staple Foods: ((Single-cropping)Single-cropping)RiceRiceCornCornPotatoesPotatoes
Land is Land is consideredconsidered ANCESTRANCESTRALAL
Background Background InformationInformation NV, SV, Laos, Cambodia = French
Indochina
Area ruled by Bao Dai - Vietnamese man who worked for the French & Japan from 1926-45
Vietnamese Vietnamese nationalists nationalists
organized Viet organized Viet Minh under Minh under
leadership of leadership of Ho Chi MinhHo Chi Minh
Versailles Conf.Versailles Conf. 1919: Ho asked 1919: Ho asked
President Wilson President Wilson for help. for help.
Wilson threw him Wilson threw him
outout..
After WWII: Minh called for After WWII: Minh called for independence (w/ communist independence (w/ communist
gov’t) - Dai abdicatedgov’t) - Dai abdicated French refused to give VN French refused to give VN
sovereignty & drove communists sovereignty & drove communists to northto north
Ho Chi Minh wrote to Truman 8 times…
French set up gov’t
to rival Ho & put it
under leadership of
Bao Dai
1954: French lost major battle at Dien Bien Phu
US saw Minh as agent of US saw Minh as agent of Communism -- so, refused Communism -- so, refused to helpto help
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
A peace conference…A peace conference…… The Geneva … The Geneva
ConferenceConference*** The French would leave and…
1. Vietnam split at 17th parallel
2. Ho Chi Minh in North; Bao Dai in South
3. After “cooling off” period, Vietnam to be
united through popular election