THE VIETNAM WAR

SUBJECT: CULTURE

NAME: Carolina Sánchez

THE VIETNAM WAR

The war of the Vietnam was the longest of the North American history, supposed for this country an experience of

failure and frustration. VIDEO 

The Vietnam War occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia from 1959 to 30 April 1975. The war was fought between the communist North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other member nations of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)

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He was leader of the government in South Vietnam

Ngo Dinh Diem

Ho Chi Minh (1890- 1969), Vietnamese Communist leader, who was the first president of the

Democratic Republic of Vietnam

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Ho Chi Minh (1956)

What were the countries involved?

Anti-Communist forces: Communist forces:

South Vietnam  United States  South Korea  Australia  Philippines  New Zealand Khmer Republic  Thailand Kingdom of

Laos

 North Vietnam Viet Cong Khmer Rouge Pathet Lao  People's Republic of

China  Soviet Union North

Korea  

COMUNIST AND SOCIALISM

“AUTHORITARIAN” “OPPRESSIVE”

U.S.A.

“FREEDOM” “DEMOCRACY”

V.S

The most important cause was that because of the Indochina War, Vietnam was divided into North Vietnam with a communist state and South Vietnam with a democratic state.

CAUSE OF THE VIETNAM WAR

The United States was involved in Vietnam War because American policymakers believed that if the entire country fell under a Communist government, Communism would spread throughout Southeast Asia. This belief was known as the “domino theory.”

REASONS:WHY WAS THE U.S.A INVOLVED?

The United States entered the war to prevent a

communist takeover of South Vietnam as part of

their wider strategy of containment.

Kennedy was elected president of the United States in November, 1960. In the first speech he made to the American public as their President Kennedy made it clear that he intended to continue Eisenhower's policy of supporting Diem's South Vietnamese government. He argued that if South Vietnam became a communist state, the whole of the non-communist world would be at risk. If South Vietnam fell, Laos, Cambodia, Burma, Philippines, New Zealand and Australia would

follow. If communism was not halted in Vietnam it would gradually spread throughout the world. This view became known as the Domino Theory.

John F. Kennedy

He secretly sent 400 Special Operations Forces–trained soldiers to teach the South Vietnamese how to fight against Communist guerrillas in South Vietnam. When Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963, there were more than 16,000 U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam, and more than 100 Americans had been killed. Kennedy's successor, Lyndon B. Johnson, committed the United States most fully to the war

President John F. Kennedy (1961)

Johnson, a Democrat, succeeded to the presidency following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, completed Kennedy's term and was elected President in his own right in a landslide victory in the 1964 Presidential election.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Johnson was a strong supporter of the Domino Theory and believed that the prevention of an National Liberation Front victory in South Vietnam was vital to the defence of the United States

Johnson, like Kennedy before him, came under pressure from his military advisers to take more 'forceful' action against North Vietnam and the NLF.

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution of 1964 gave President Lyndon B. Johnson permission to launch a full-scale military intervention in Vietnam. The first American combat troops arrived in Vietnam in March 1965.

The most immediate task facing President Nixon was the Vietnam War. President Nixon introduced his policy of "vietnamization". The plan was to encourage the South Vietnamese to take more responsibility for fighting the war. It was hoped that this policy would eventually enable the United States to withdraw gradually all their soldiers from Vietnam.

President Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the United States (1969–1974)

Richard Nixon had campaigned in the 1968 presidential election under the slogan that he would end the war in Vietnam and bring "peace with honor." However, there was no plan to do this, and the American commitment continued for another five years.

Vietnamization, 1969–1975

He initially escalated the conflict, overseeing secret

bombing campaigns, but soon withdrew American troops and

successfully negotiated a ceasefire with North Vietnam, effectively ending American

involvement in the war.

Gerald Ford

The new president, Gerald Ford, a strong supporter of US involvement in Vietnam, tried to raise support for the South Vietnamese government but the Senate was adamant that as far as it was concerned, the war was over.

On April 23, 1975, President Gerald Ford told the American people: "Today Americans can regain the sense of pride that existed before Vietnam. But it cannot be achieved by refighting a war that is finishedEnd of war

WRITE (T) FOR TRUE OR (F) FOR FALSE

The Vietnam War occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia from 1950 to 30 April 1975.___F_____Ngo Dinh Diem:He was leader of the government in South Vietnam._T______Australia was a communist force__F__The United States was a anti-communist force__T___John F. Kennedy, effectively ending American involvement in the war._F_____