1945 - 1950 Flashcards
What was the Vietminh’s 4 stage strategy?
1) Create a rear base.
2) Initiate Guerilla Warfare
3) General Uprising
4) Break French Morale
What is the Vietminh membership in 1945 and 1950?
1945 - 50,000
1950 - 250,000
What is the PAVN and who is the leader?
People’s Army of Vietnam
Chief: General Giap
What were the 3 groups in the PAVN?
1) Locals (peasants)
2) Regionals (peasants with training)
3) Regulars (uniformed men)
When was the Elysee Agreements?
March 1949
Give 4 reasons why Kennanite Containment was working
1) 4/5 power centres friendly
2) ERP reviving Europe
3) Berlin Blockade lifted
4) US retains Atomic Monopoly
When was the Soviet detonation of their A-bomb?
29 August 1949
When did China “fall” to Communism?
1 October 1949
What was NSC 68 and when was it presented?
Root and branch review of foreign Cold War policy, makes containment global.
Presented April 1950.
When do PRC and USSR recognise the DRV?
January 1950
When do the US recognise Bao Dai?
February 1950
When do the US send economic and military aid to Bao Dai?
May 1950
Name the 3 French protectorates that make up Vietnam in descending order
Tonkin
Annam
Cochinchina
What year did the French push the Viet Minh out of Hanoi?
1947
What is the Viet Minh’s northern mountain stronghold?
The Viet-Bac
What domestic factors held Truman back from supporting the French in Indochina?
A long standing anti-colonial tradition
What domestic factor pushed Truman toward helping the French in Indochina?
McCarthyism
Outline NSC 68 in 6 points
1) Communist ideology is everything.
2) Containment global, communism cannot be allowed to spread anywhere.
3) Domino theory drives the policy.
4) Pessimistic image of Soviet intentions.
5) Washington now believed they were losing the battle to communism.
6) A proactive view instead of responsive behaviour.
Why were the French struggling so much at the end of the forties in Vietnam?
French battalions often scattered in anti Guerrilla posts making them vulnerable to ambush.
Extreme weather made French ops harder.
Nightly Viet Minh sabotage.
Local population assisting and concealing the Viet Minh.