Vietnam War Flashcards by Umair Ranoos

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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

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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

No of Vietminh who surrounded it

50,000

No of days dien bien phu went on for

57

Number of soldiers and civilians who were killed in the war

400,000

Number of Vietminh wounded

12000

Number of Vietnamese deaths by starvation

2,000,000

Amount of money given to France

3 billion

Number of Vietminh killed

8000

number of French Soldiers killed

3000

Number of French soldiers wounded

8000

Soldiers in Arvn before war

170,000

Soldiers in ARVN after war

160,000

Helicopters sent by JFK

300

Average age of a US Soldier

19

Number of Military Express

16000

Amount of money US gave France in 1950

15 million

Amount of US equipment France used

80 percent

No. of US troops in Vietnam

500,000

Number of soldiers VC lost

100,000

Number of Americans died

1500

ARVN losses

3000

Number of civilians killed in Tet offensive

14,000

Number of troops that came into Cambodia

30,000

Number of protestors

3000

Shots fired back

67

Number of people killed

4

Number of people injured

9

Number of colleges shut down

488

No. of students on strike

21,000,000

Number of people who got their news from TV

66%