Vietnam + China Flashcards
Who led the Comunists in Vietnam?
Ho Chi Mhin
Where and when did the French suffer major losses?
Dien Bien Phu.
May 1954
The Geneva Agreement gave independence to Laos Cambodia but what happend in Vietnam
divided at the 17th parralel
What is the guerrilla force of the National Liberation Front better known as…
the Viet Cong
The US became involved in Vietnam because of what therory?
Domino
Who greatly increased the US forces in 1962?
Pres. Kennedy
Where and When was a US destroyer elegidly sunk?
Gulf of Tonkin Aug. 1964
What movement had significan power in the US by 1969?
anti-war movement
The US military plan was altered in 1971 to…
air bombing of North Vietnam
How much did the US spend, how many died and how many bombs were used int he Vietnam war?
150$ billion
57 939
more bombs all bombing in WW2
What are five of the reaseons that the US lost the war in Vietnam?
- difficutly agains Nationalist guerrilla force
- populatity on home front
- internationational image of US suffered
- they could not win over the South Vietmanese
- military half hearted and dialutioned
What were the Comunist in Cambodia called, who was the leader and were the “killing feilds”?
Khamer Rouge, Pol Pot, massacered aprox. 1 million
What did China aquire in 1964?
atomic bomb
What was the name of Mao’s forces?
peoples liberation army
What was the name of the new state that Chiang Kai Shek set up?
Nationalist China
