part 2: escalation of conflict in vietnam

Question 1

where did HCM study communism and guerilla tactics in the 1920s and why

Answer 1

USSR, intention to fight france to liberate vietnam

Question 2

in 1930 HCM formed the …. to fight the french

Answer 2

indochinese communist party

Question 3

1940 japanese invaded indochina which caused… (2)

Answer 3

french to loose and flee, HCM to form the viet minh to fight the japanese

Question 4

what happened in 1945 and what was created

Answer 4

japanese defeat, viet minh took control of north vietnam and declared vietnam independent under the democratic republic of vietnam.

Question 5

what happened in 1946?

Answer 5

war between the french and the viet minh began

Question 6

how did the USA first become involved in vietnam?

Answer 6

they supplied the viet minh with resources to fight the french as they didnt like colonisation

Question 7

why did the french want to fight the viet minh?

Answer 7

as they thought the land was rightfully theirs and they wanted to colonise it

Question 8

in …… the chinese become communist and

Answer 8

1949, support the viet minh, the usa realise that the viet minh is communist and support the french

Question 9

what did the USA support the french with?

Answer 9

$500 million a year and 10,000 tons of equipment per month

Question 10

in 1949 what can we tell about the usa?

Answer 10

they were driven by the policy of containment but were mistaken about HCM

Question 11

reasons for french loss (4/5)

Answer 11

french arrogance and underestimating the viet minh, position in the jungle/bad strategies, communist aid, viet minh people power, french retaliation was unpopular aainst the Vietnamese

Question 12

how many french were stuck/ tied up by the viet minhs hit and run tactics?

Answer 12

190,000

Question 13

how many french casualties and how many deaths?

Answer 13

c= 90,000
d= 73,000

Question 14

what was an example of the usa’s military support towards the french?

Answer 14

june 1950 eight transport planes, and later that year a ship crammed with military good arrived in saigon.

Question 15

the usa covered % of the cost of the french war with the viet minh

Answer 15

75-80%

Question 16

what happended at the battle of dien bien phu in 1954

Answer 16

french were attacked by the viet minh at their base, 3000 died, 8000 died later in captivity, first 3 days, 3 french posts weere taken

Question 17

why didnt the usa send troops to support the french

Answer 17

didnt want to provoke the ussr, american people didnt want another war/economic recovery, they didnt want to outwardly fight for an empire

Question 18

what did the usa learn from the french defeat

Answer 18

tech wont win the war, have more respect for the vietnamese people, better strategies, dont underestimate

Question 19

when was the geneva agreement

Answer 19

may-july 1954

Question 20

what was agreed at the geneva agreement? (4)

Answer 20

withdrawal of french troops, ceasefire, laos and cambodia formed, nv (com) and sv (ncom) CREATED ON A TEMPORARY BASIS along the 17th parallel, in 1956 free elections to determine gov for the whole of vietnam

Question 21

how did the usa feel about the geneva agreement

Answer 21

truman doctrine means that vietnam couldnt become communist so needed to fufill policy of containment,

Question 22

who did the usa put in charge of the south to stop communism

Answer 22

ngo dinh diem