3. Vietnam History Colonized by France in 1887
1941 Vietminh - “League for the Independence of Vietnam”
Ho Chi Minh becomes the leader of the Vietminh and claims independence of the country in 1945.
First Indochina War - 10 year war against France
1941 Japan occupies indochina and expels France from the area. But Japan loses the war.
Ho Chi Minh

4. “Provisional military demarcation line-17th Parallel”
FIRST INDOCHINA WAR
Battle of Dien Bien Phu:1954
French defeated by Vietminh
Geneva Conference: 1954
France agrees to leave
Vietnam divided in 2
“Provisional military demarcation line-17th Parallel”
Dien Bien Phu: showing a revolution can defeat a western country
Geneva Conference in 1954…when does Korean War end? This conference dealt with proxy wars. Intended to hold elections to unify Vietnam. US did not want this - elect communist

5. PROXY WARS

6. The Vietnam War North Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Communist VS. South Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Republic

7. Protesting Diem

8. November 2, 1963

9. LBJ Expands War in Vietnam

10. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Granted LBJ power to assist any southeast-Asian country threatened by communism
Legal justification of open warfare

12. Operation Rolling Thunder
3 year bombing campaign on North Vietnam
No restrictions.

13. Battlefield
Guerrilla Warfare

14. Tet Offensive

15. Tet Offensive Tet - 1st day of the year on lunar calendar
North and South agree to cease-fire to celebrate a very important holiday.
January 31, North attacks
Viet Cong - insurgents in South Vietnam

16. How should we respond?