Key developments in SV & NV
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
North Vietnam leader who fought quickly to consolidate power
what was Vietnam Minh renamed as
Viet cong
What are the countries involved in the escalations?
SV, NV, china, USSR, USA
What are the 2 events that broke the war?
Tet offensive and Gulf of Tonkin
When did Vietnam war end?
1975 through the fall of saigon
Why did people support Ho Chi Minh?
- Introduced land reforms
- fought in Indo-china war
- very ruthless when dealing with opponents
What year to what year?
1954 to 1960
What did china do
Show support for communist state, help unite china behind mao’s leadership
What did Gulf of Tonkin do?
Who won?
Communist won, reunified as communist state
What did Diem do?
- modernise Vietnamese economy
- constructed Universities
- expanded agriculture
What did viet cong do?
Carried out assassinations, took orders from Ho chi minh
What did NV do?
Used Ho Chi Ming trail to sent reinforcements and supplies to guerilla fighters against South
What is Tet offensive?
Turning point as it involved at lot of viet cong spiders
What is the beginning of ‘detente’?
Is the reduction of tension
What was SV aim?
Create national identity and localised democracy
What did viet cong create? (Name)
Supply route: Ho Chi Minh trail
How did SV response to the viet cong?
Responded with strategic hamlet rog
Role of media during Tet offensive?
Convinced at lot of Americans that US cannot win the war
How did US reduce tensions?
Nixon visit china. US ended its block on issue of china’s representation of UN, USA and USSR signed anti ballistic mission treaty to reduce nuclear weapons
Why was Diem unpopular?
Corrupted, practice nepotism by appointing his brothers as key officials
Transported weapons, ammunition and equipment to viet cong
Why was USSR involved?
In 1950s, USSR and china’s relationship deprived. Both wanted leadership of communist world. Thus NV was a balancing act between two countries to gain support. So USSR provided more support than china to look more powerful in the communist world
Why was Tet offensive so impactful?
USA retook towns and killed many civilians. Spend a lot of money. SV also loose a lot of money and manpower through this
How was US affected?
Weakening of US president power, chemical weapons damaged US reputation, failed to enact containment in South east Asia.