History of Struggle
For over a thousand years, Vietnam was controlled by this powerful neighbour.
What is China?
The conference where Vietnam was officially divided into North and South along the 17th parallel
What is the Geneva Conference?
A regional alliance started in 1954, led by the US with the intent of preventing the spread of communism.
What is SEATO? (Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation)
This warfare method, known in French as la sale guerre, used ambushes, traps, and knowledge of the terrain to defeat better-equipped armies.
What is guerrilla warfare?
What is jungle or vegetation?
France's colony, acquired by the 1880s that included Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
What is Indochina?
The theory that motivated the US to involved itself in Vietnam and attempt to stop more countries from falling into communism
What is the Domino Theory?
From 1963 to 1975, this team, operating out of Qui Nhon performed 30-40 major and 80-100 operations a month at its peak.
What is the medical team?
This 1954 battle ended French control in Vietnam after an unexpected victory by the Viet Minh
What is the Battle of Dien Bien Phu?
What is dioxin or dioxin TCDD?
This country had control in Vietnam during the Second World War
What is Japan?
An unpopular leader supported by the US in the South because of his anti-communist leanings
Who is Ngo Dinh Diem?
When New Zealand first involved itself in Vietnam by sending 13,000 rifles and 600 machine guns to support French Forces. The next year, they sent an even larger shipment.
What is 1952?
In 1968, the Viet Cong attacked more than 100 South Vietnamese cities in this surprise offensive
What is the Tet Offensive?
Despite Switzerland and the US stopping production in 1978 and 1983 respectively, the production of Agent Orange as an agricultural herbicide continued in this New Zealand city until 1987.
What is New Plymouth?
This group was formed during WWII to resist foreign control in Vietnam
Who are the Viet Minh?
90% of the population in South Vietnam followed this religion, but faced discriminatory policies from the Catholic leader. Protests included public self-immolation.
What is Buddhism?
The year New Zealand withdrew remaining forces from Vietnam
This event in April 1975 marked the end of the Vietnam War the the victory of North Vietnam.
What is the fall of Saigon?
This 2001 Report begins with this phrase: "The information available to the authors was that ANZAC Forces generally served in Phuoc Tuy where there was no aerial spraying" indicating its denial of New Zealand soldiers being impacted by Agent Orange.
What is the McLeod report
After WWII the UN gave power over Vietnam to them
Who are the French?
Founded in 1961, a revival of an earlier nationalist group, who fought U.S. involvement in South Vietnam and the dictator in control
Who are the Viet Cong?
This famous quote was first said by PM Savage to justify New Zealand's involvement in WWII, and was later repeated by PM Holland to decline direct military involvement in Vietnam.
This many New Zealand men died while on active service in Vietnam. 187 were wounded.
What is 37 deaths?
In 1967, 5000 scientists in the U.S. -- including this many Nobel Laureates -- signed a petition to ask the US to stop spraying herbicides.
What is 17 Nobel Laureates.