core four: indochina war Flashcards
South Vietnam..
RVN: The Republic of Vietnam
President of South Vietnam from 1954-1963
Diem
‘Revolving Door’ republic
A term for the interchanging South after the death of Diem in 63…
President of South Vietnam from 1967-1975
Theiu
4 presidents spread over the course of the Indochina topic?
- Eisenhower
- JFK
- LBJ
- Nixon
North Vietnam…
DRV..: The Democratic republic of Vietnam
President of North Vietnam 1945-1969
Ho Chi Minh.. struggles with independence
French defeat (First Indochina war)
Defeated in the battle of Dien Bein Phu in 1954
French Withdrawal
1954 (after a loss at Dien Bein Phu)
Geneva Conference..
Occured in April 1954 [after First Indochina war]
- North and South Vietnam are divided at the 17th parallel
- ceasefire
- elections (Vietnamese were able to vote freely to see if the South wanted unity with the North) ELECTIONS ARE POST-PONED
Eisenhower’s involvement within Indochina?
-‘Domino theory’ guided US involvement in aid to stop the spread of communism within Asia.
JFK’s involvement in Indochina?
- determined to support South Vietnam
- In 1961 Kennedy escalates aid and advisors to RVN (south)
LBJ involvement in
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Nixon involvement
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Who are the Viet Minh
independance military group within the first indochina conflict against the French.
‘Ho Chi Minh Trails’
A series of trails through Cambodia and Laos which facilitated supplies into Sth Vietnam
ARVN
Army of the Republic of Vietnam (USA)
VC
Viet Cong “peasents by day, soldiers by night”
NLF
National Liberation Front
- a sth party anti-Diem
Military leader of the VietMinh?
Giap
Countries that supported Vietnam against the French?
Russia and China
What is Imperialism
the practice of increasing a nations power by acquiring colonies
Gurrilla Warefare?
A tatic employed mostly by the North VietCong and the VietMinh (in the first conflict) the actions of a hit-and-run
The bamboo curtain>
The possible block of Communist countries in Asia
