Shera Casseus

Carmirlyta Despeignes

Wanise Saintil

Cold War “Hot Spots”Vietnam

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.

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.

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.

Ngo Dinh Diem & US policy

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. 

When did The Troops go to Vietnam and why?

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.

What is the Golf of Tonkin Incident?

Many soldiers were sent to fight in South KoreaYears 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.

US Policy

Kennedy promised to support the government of VietnamHe believed that if south Korea fell to follow communism,

all the states would start to follow it tooCharles De Gaulle president of Paris warned Kennedy that

the Americans would fall before the Vietnamese militaryAs a response, Kennedy started to prepare and well-

supplied the Americans

Kennedy and his Policy

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.

Attacks on South Vietnam

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 .

U.S Reaction on Vietnam war

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.

Legacy/U.S Response

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