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Carmirlyta Despeignes
Wanise Saintil
 The people of what is now
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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 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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 wellsupplied the Americans
 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.
 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 .
 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.
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