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Cold War “Hot Spots” Vietnam

Cold War “Hot Spots” Vietnam. Shera Casseus Carmirlyta Despeignes Wanise Saintil. Imperialism Vietnam. The people of what is now Vietnam started fighting for independence against the French imperialists, and the usual political battles and instability ensued. 

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Cold War “Hot Spots” Vietnam

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  1. Cold War “Hot Spots”Vietnam Shera Casseus CarmirlytaDespeignes WaniseSaintil

  2. Imperialism Vietnam • The people of what is now Vietnam started fighting for independence against the French imperialists, and the usual political battles and instability ensued.  • It motivated Vietnam to fight hard. • France make their lives miserable for years. • Now the U.S want to do the same thing to takeover to they will fight hard. • Ho chi minh create communist.

  3. NGO DINH DIEM • Ngo Dinh Diem was born in January 3,1901 in a rich family. • He was a communist and he joined the us and he made himself president of republic of Vietnam in 1955. • Ngo imprisoned many Buddhists' and that caused the U.S stopping giving support.

  4. Ngo Dinh Diem & US policy • Ngo Dinh Diem was governing the south Korea after Vietnam had been separated. • He ruled South Vietnam as a dictator. • A group of Vietnamese who hated Diem, assassinated him. • After Diem’s death, the US decided to increase its involvement in stopping communism in Vietnam.

  5. When did The Troops go to Vietnam and why? • The Troops were first sent to Vietnam in 1965 due to the Golf of Tonkin Incident. • President Lyndon B. Johnson was encouraged by his advisors to take up a more forceful approach to the Vietnam conflict and to send in US troops to bolster or support the South Vietnam Army.

  6. What is the Golf of Tonkin Incident? • The Golf of Tonkin was a incident in which North Vietnam had attacked the USS Maddox in the Gulf or Tonkin which resulted in assaults on August 2nd and 4th of 1964.

  7. US Policy • Many soldiers were sent to fight in South Korea • Years later, President Nixon had a plan called Vietnamization which allowed US troops to pull out in South Korea. • Nixon passed that plan because many Americans lost their lives in battles in Vietnam • Bombs were dropped on Vietcong hiding places by the authorization of Nixon.

  8. Kennedy and his Policy • Kennedy promised to support the government of Vietnam • He believed that if south Korea fell to follow communism, all the states would start to follow it too • Charles De Gaulle president of Paris warned Kennedy that the Americans would fall before the Vietnamese military • As a response, Kennedy started to prepare and well-supplied the Americans

  9. Attacks on South Vietnam • In 1969, General Vo Nguyen Giap, who was in charge of North Vietnam’s Army believed it was time for North Vietnam to conduct an surprise attack on the south. • Coordinating with Vietnams congress, they decided to move troops and the communist made a diversionary attack against the American base at Sanh. • They both attacked South Vietnam during the Tet Holiday (Lunar New Year). They attacked around 100 cities but the South and Americans fought back and won. • It took about 3 weeks for the U.S troops and the South to regain control and took almost a month to rebuild cities.

  10. U.S Reaction on Vietnam war • The U.S public were appalled by the Vietnamese war. The government was to help repel the communist aggressions from the north. • Americans grew increasingly dissatisfied with the nations policy. • Some that were described as “Hawks”, argued that the Americans should se maximum force to gain a quick victory. • Others described as the “Doves”, argued that the conflict in Vietnam was a civil war in which the untied states had no right to interfere, therefore, they wanted immediate withdrawal .

  11. Legacy/U.S Response • legacy is the identification of the war as being only one part of America's history at the expense of the Vietnamese people themselves. • The Vietnamese were successful in building their nation • Opinion polls show Gallup opinions polls show the 46% of American approved president Johnson's handling of war in 1968. • The other 54% did not approved they were against it.

  12. Links • http://history1900s.about.com/od/1960s/qt/tetoffensive.htm • http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/johnson_vietnam.htm • http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/viewSubCategory.asp?id=316 • http://history.howstuffworks.com/vietnam-war/vietnam-war2.htm • http://911review.com/precedent/century/tonkin.html • http://history1900s.about.com/od/1960s/qt/vietnamtroops.htm • http://history1900s.about.com/od/vietnamwar/a/vietnamwar.htm

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