Vietnam War Flashcards by Umair Ranoos | Brainscape

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Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam as independent

A

1945

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France sends an army to fight Vietminh

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1946

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Ho prepares his guerrilla army

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1947

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South Vietnam invited to SEATO/Mckaren act

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1954

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Diem’s rigged election

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1955

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S.Vietnamese civil war starts

A

1957

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North Vietnam campaigns against Diem’s government

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1959

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Vietcong official

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1960

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JFK elected

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1961

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Strategic Hamlet Progam

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1962

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Diem assassinated and JFK assassinated

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1963

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Gulf of Tonkin

A

1964

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Camp Holloway is attacked (ORT)

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1965

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Tet offensive

A

1968

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Nixon becomes president of the US

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1969

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Nixon orders incursion into Cambodia

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1970

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Nixon orders invasion of Laos

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1971

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Nixon announces peace talks by kissinger

A

1972

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Paris Peace Accords

A

24th January 1973

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N.Vietnam breaks the peace accords and invades the South. WATERGATE SCANDAL

A

1974

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Last helicopter troops leave Saigon

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1975

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Total Soldiers in French Army

A

190,000

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Soldiers killed in French Army

A

80,000

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No. of soldiers Dien Bien Phu had

A

10,000

Q

No of Vietminh who surrounded it

A

50,000

Q

No of days dien bien phu went on for

A

57

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Number of soldiers and civilians who were killed in the war

A

400,000

Q

Number of Vietminh wounded

A

12000

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Number of Vietnamese deaths by starvation

A

2,000,000

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Amount of money given to France

A

3 billion

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Number of Vietminh killed

A

8000

Q

number of French Soldiers killed

A

3000

Q

Number of French soldiers wounded

A

8000

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Soldiers in Arvn before war

A

170,000

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Soldiers in ARVN after war

A

160,000

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Helicopters sent by JFK

A

300

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Average age of a US Soldier

A

19

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Number of Military Express

A

16000

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Amount of money US gave France in 1950

A

15 million

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Amount of US equipment France used

A

80 percent

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No. of US troops in Vietnam

A

500,000

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Number of soldiers VC lost

A

100,000

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Number of Americans died

A

1500

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ARVN losses

A

3000

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Number of civilians killed in Tet offensive

A

14,000

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Number of troops that came into Cambodia

A

30,000

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Number of protestors

A

3000

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Shots fired back

A

67

Q

Number of people killed

A

4

Q

Number of people injured

A

9

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Number of colleges shut down

A

488

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No. of students on strike

A

21,000,000

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Number of people who got their news from TV

A

66%