Three Stages of Vietnam War

Question 1

Stage 1: Years

Answer 1

1946-1954 (end WWII, Dien Bien Phu, Geneva Conference)

Question 2

Stage 1: Who was fighting

Answer 2

French and there Vietnam Allies
Vietnamese Nationalist/Communists

Question 3

Stage 1: What were they fighting about

Answer 3

France wanted to keep Vietnam a colony
Vietnamese wanted independence

Question 4

Stage 1: Who lost

Answer 4

France (gurilla warefare)

Question 5

Stage 2: Years

Answer 5

1954-1964

Question 6

Stage 2: Who was fighting

Answer 6

North Vietnam
South Vietnam

Question 7

Stage 2: What were they fighting about

Answer 7

Civil War where North Vietnam wants to take over South Vietnam and South Vietnam wants to stay independent

Question 8

Stage 2: Who lost

Answer 8

Neither side looses

Question 9

Stage 3: Years

Answer 9

1964-1975 (Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964, US escalation, 1973 US combat troops leave, NVN army captures Saigon 1975

Question 10

Stage 3: Who was fighting

Answer 10

North Vietnam and Viet Cong (and communist fighters inside SOuth Vietnam)
South Vietnam and USA

Question 11

Stage 3: What were they fighting about

Answer 11

North Vietnam wanted to unify the country and take over
South Vietnam wanted to stay independent and remain non Communist
US wanted to stop the spread of communism

Question 12

Stage 3: Who lost

Answer 12

South Vietnam and US