1. BELLWORK: 2/27
How well did Viet Minh operations correspond to their strategy?
How well did French operations correspond to their strategy?
THINKER: How did the nature of combat in Vietnam change as the war progressed?

2. Unit 6 Exam Info: 20th Century Warfare
Term cards! 40 points!
Unit 6 exam, term cards and late/missing work due Tuesday March 7th!

3. Operations Review Posters
To review key operations of the Indochina war, you will work with a partner to create a poster on important events.
Each poster must include:
Clear, summarized description of the operation
Any key tactical, strategic, technological developments
Ending and effects of the event
Organization, creativity, and good visuals!
Topics correlate to the operations on the orange worksheet. The class will fill these in as notes during the poster presentations so make sure you’re able to explain the event clearly!
Presentations/review during BLOCK #2! Print pics/extra info as needed.

4. Operations Review Posters
Operation Lea
Battles of 1950
Battles of
Dien Bien Phu
Geneva Accords

5. BELLWORK: BLOCK 2 Analyze the impact of the French defeat for:
The Vietnamese
The Decolonization Movement
The Cold War
The U.S.

6. Ending of French Indo-China War

7. Ending/Effects of Indochina War
By 1954, the US funded 80% of the war
French were defeated at the battle of Dien Bien Phu
The Geneva Accords: 1954 peace settlement that divided Vietnam into two separate nations along the 17th parallel
Ended French occupation (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia recognized as independent)
Ho Chi Minh became president of the new Communist North Vietnam.
Ngo Dinh Diem became president of the anti-Communist South Vietnam.
Elections were supposed to be held in 1956 to unify Vietnam, but South Vietnam refused and it remained divided.
US did not sign Geneva Accords, and in response, strengthened the South through guaranteed protection by SEATO