Fun Facts
North Vietnam is ran by this ideology
What is communism?
A belief that if one country fell to communism, it was likely that the neighboring one would also fall
What is the Domino Theory
Ho Chi Minh
Who is the North Vietnam leader?
The type of warfare North Vietnamese Army; used hit-and-run tactics, booby traps, and vast tunnel networks.
What is Guerrilla Warfare?
The parallel that split North and South Vietnam
What is the 17th parallel?
In 1963, President Kennedy sent the military to "advise" and to help the South Vietnamese army. Diem’s Government was overthrown. After this, there was no strong capitalist government in control of the South.
What is a weak South Vietnam government?
The leader of South Vietnamese
Who is Ngo Dinh Diem?
The North Vietnamese were well-supplied by the Soviet Union and China, providing vital resources like anti-aircraft weaponry and munitions.
What are supply lines?
On 2nd August 1964, North Vietnamese boats attacked a US Navy destroyer, the USS Maddox, patrolling in the Gulf of Tonkin.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
War broke out between the North and South. From 1958 onwards, the South came under increasing attacks from communists in South Vietnam itself
What is the Vietnam Civil War?
President Lyndon B. Johnson was the leader of what?
Who is the US leader
Rough, broken, and uneven ground that is challenging to navigate and get through
What is rugged terrain?
South Vietnam was this republic
What is capitalist?
In Washington the attack was presented as a fact and the incident gave the US a reason to escalate the war.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Incident 1964
The military commander and architect of North Vietnam’s most notable military campaigns, including the overarching strategy against U.S. forces
Who is Vo Nguyen Giap?
The U.S. propped up a succession of highly corrupt and unpopular South Vietnamese governments. Without the allegiance of the people, American forces struggled to identify who was a civilian and who was an enemy.
What is separate cultural and political views?
In early 1965, the U.S. launched a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam.
What is Operation Rolling Thunder?
Before World War Two Vietnam had been part of the French Empire and then was later invaded by Japan. After World War Two Ho Chi Minh captured Hanoi in 1945 and declared Vietnam independent. The Treaty of Geneva agreed that the French would leave Vietnam and the country would be split along the 17th Parallel until elections could be held.
What is Vietnamese independence?
Guided by the "domino theory," he increased the number of American military personnel in South Vietnam
Who is President John F Kennedy?
A major contributor to the US losing the war because they had very little support from citizens and the media made the government seem like an enemy
What is lack of support?