The Vietnamese Revolution

Ho Chi Minh (Bringer of Light) Nguyen Sinh Cung

Vo Nguyen Giap Student of Mao’s theories of Revolutionary War

The French in Indochina Trung Tran & Trung Nhi revolt agains the Chinese in 40AD The French in Indochina – Michelen Rubber 1908 Uprising in Bien Din 1914 WWI Ho Chi Minh (Bringer of Light) and the VNQED 1930 Nationalist Uprising at Yen Bay – Ho Chi Minh jailed 1940 Japanese Occupation Nguyen Giap & the Vietminh 1945 Japanese Surrender/ Ho declares independence 1950 Coup de Main 1954 Dien Bien Phu & Geneva division at the 17th parrallel

French Defeat at Dien Bien Phu May 1954/Geneva Accords * Comparison to Khe Sanh for U.S.

U.S. Counterinsurgency Begins in 65 after GOT Resolution “Strong Temptation to hit someone” “Search & Destroy” v. “Jungle Bashing” British Mission to MACV

U.S. Strategy: Direct or Indirect? 68 Tet Offensive

Combined Action Program Indirect – Too Little, Too late? CAP Chu Hoi PROVN

The U.S. In Vietnam - the Fighting years (CAP)

Vietnam War Protests Relate to French Experience in Algeria

U.S. Withdrawal 72-75 “Vietnamization” April 72 Spring Offensive 73 Paris Peace Accords POWs Congressional Funding

South Vietnamese Defeat 75