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The Vietnam war Flashcards

1
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By 1885 who had the french colonised?

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  • Vietnam along with Cambodia and Laos

which was then called the French Indo - China

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when and who founded the Vietnamese communist party?

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1930

Vo Nguyen Giap and Ho Chi Mihn (nationalist)

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3
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when did the Japanese invade Vietnam?

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During WW2 in 1940

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what did Ho create in 1941

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The Vietminh (The league for the independence of Vietnam)

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guerrilla war

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a war in which small groups of soldiers not belonging to regular or established army units engage in fighting against typically larger regular forces

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6
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what did the OSS become

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CIA

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7
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in the guerrilla war what was everyone’s role

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Hi Chi Mihn - Political leader

Vo Nguyen Giap - As a military leader

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How and when did Japan rule Vietnam

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During ww2 when france was occupied by Nazi Germany it lost its foothold in Vietnam and Japan took control

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when did Ho chi Mihn declare Vietnam independent?

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When Japan Surrendered at the end of ww2 Ho chi Mihn forces took the capital of Hanoi and declared Vietnam independent

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what was vietnams new independent name

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democratic republic of vietnam

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did french accept the independence?

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no they refused to recognise it and returned to vietnam driving Hos communist forces into Northen Vietnam

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why didn’t USA aid vietnam?

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becuase if the cold war with the communist USSR it disrupted Hos communist leanings and aided the french instead

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why did the french leave

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Until 1945 when a defeat at Dien Bien Phu prompted france to seek a peace settlement

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what did the Geneva Accords declare

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In 1954 the Geneva Accords declared a cease fire and divided vietnam officially into North and Sound Vietnam

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Where was the dividing line set

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at the 17th Parallel and was surrounded by a demilitarised zone

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what did the Geneva Accords Stipulate

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The geneva accords Stipulated that the divide was temporary and that vietnam was to be reunified under free elections to be held in 1956

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17
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Who lead north vietnam

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Ho chi Mihn

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18
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Who lead south vietnam

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Ngo Dihn Diem (a french backed emperor)

19
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the domino theory believed what

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that the fall of North Vietnam to communist might trigger all of south East Asia to fall

20
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who invented the domino theory

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Dwight Eisenhower

21
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who was the diem regime

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a strongly anti-communism leader with french connections who was cruel corrupt and oppressive

22
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what happened in 1962 to avoid diem regime

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John F Kennedy sent “military advisors” to help train the south vietnam army but realised diem regime was unsalvageable

23
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what did the US do in 1963

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they backed a coup that overthrew diem and installed a new leader who was just as corrupt

24
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ARVN

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army of republic vietnam (south vietnam army)

25
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who was kennedys successor

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Lyndon B johnson

26
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what happened at the gulf of tonkin

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North vietnam forces allegedly attacked US Navy ships

27
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the gulf of tonkin resolution

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sent us troops to vietnam

- bombing campaigns like operation rolling thunder ensued that the conflict escalated

28
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what was the strategy of attrition

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the us attempted to bury the vietnamese in casualties

29
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guerilla tactic

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the tactics of hit and run and ambushing american troops and escaping before being captured

30
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napalm

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a jellied gas in warfare that burnt you alive

31
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agent orange county

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a tactical herbicide the U.S. military used to clear leaves and vegetation for military operations mainly during the Vietnam War. Veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange may have certain related illness

32
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yet offensive

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1968

attacking nearly thirty U.S. targets and dozens of other cities in South Vietnam at once.

33
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why was it considered a loss by american media

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the Us won a tactical victory but it was so humiliating that it was classified as a loss and american morale was at an all time low

34
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in 1968 what did the low morale americans do

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they cause the Mai also massacre in which frustrated U.S. soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians in a small village

35
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what did Nixons policy of vietnamisation promised

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it was promising to withdraw U.S. troops gradually and hand over management of the war effort to the South Vietnamese.

36
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did nixon hold onto his promise

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Nixon made good on his promise,
he also illegally expanded the geographic scope of the war by authorizing the bombing of Viet Cong sites in the neutral nations of Cambodia and Laos,
thank all without the knowledge or consent of the U.S. Congress.

37
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what did nixons illegal actions cause?

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caused an enormous scandal in the United States and forced Nixon to push for a peace settlement.

38
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when was the cease fire signed?

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January 1973 and the last US personnel left vietnam in March 1973

39
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did the US government continue to fun the south vietnamese?

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The U.S. government continued to fund the South Vietnamese army, but this funding quickly dwindled.

40
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why did the US fund south vietnam

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because they were communist like the US

41
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what was the watergate scandal

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i think it’s when he did illegal stuff but it led to his resignation

42
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what was the all out offensive

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when the north vietnamese stepped up their tactics on the south and the capital of south vietnam (Saigon) fell to North vietnam

43
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after the vietnam war what did north vietnam do?

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reunited the country under Communist rule as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, ending the Vietnam War.

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