Moving Toward Conflict Section 30*1 pp. 936-941
US Supports France in Vietnam Nationalist Movements Protest French colonial rule Protest Japanese rule during WWII Ho Chi Minh formed Vietminh Declared independence when Japan was defeated
US Supports France in Vietnam French Indochina War (1946-1954) France retook control of South Vietminh controlled North US Supported France
US Supports France in Vietnam Domino Theory Eisenhower’s justification to fight in Vietnam If one nation falls to Communism, others will
US Supports France in Vietnam Vietminh take Dien Bien Phu in 1954 Geneva Accords divide Vietnam Communist North and Nationalist South Call for elections in 1956
The US Steps In Ngo Dinh Diem (South) Ho Chi Minh North Ngo Dinh Diem (South) Refused to hold elections Supported by US Corrupt regime Vietcong Form in Resistance to Diem Communist opposition group Supplied along Ho Chi Minh Trail Make Southern Vietnam unstable Ngo Dinh Diem South
The US Steps In JFK and Vietnam Supported Diem to fight Communism Diem government unstable and corrupt US removed Diem in 1963 South grows unstable Increased influence of Vietcong
LBJ Expands the Conflict Tonkin Gulf Resolution Response to incident in Gulf of Tonkin North Vietnamese ships fired on US ship LBJ responded by bombing Vietnam
LBJ Expands the Conflict Resolution Provisions Gave LBJ broad military powers Launched Operation Rolling Thunder