Ch1
What is Indochina?
Region in Southeast Asia, includes Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia.
Decisive battle leading to French defeat?
Dien Bien Phu
Did the Geneva conference satisfy anybody?
No :/
In 1960 what was the fastest growing economy in Asia?
North Vietnam
The U.S.-led evacuation of over 300,000 anti-communist Vietnamese from North to South Vietnam after the Geneva Accords.
Operation Passage to Freedom (1954-55)
Second Indochina War?
Conflict involving Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos from 1954-1975.
Vietminh military commander at Dien Bien Phu?
Giap
What failed in 1956?
The planned election
What were Diem's religious and political characteristics
Catholic and Nationalist
The first major purely U.S. military offensive in the war, targeting a Viet Cong stronghold in Quang Ngai Province.
Operation Starlite (1965)
Last emperor of Vietnam?
Bao Dai
Year of independence of Laos and Cambodia?
Granted following French defeat in 1954.
US Secretary of State during Geneva Conference?
John Foster Dulles
What percentage of the French war effort was being funded by the US by 1954?
70%
A large search-and-destroy operation in Tay Ninh Province, revealing extensive Viet Cong supply caches.
Operation Attleboro (1966)
Group aiming for cooperation with France, forced underground?
Vietnamese Progressive Party
Vietminh representative refusing to recognize Bao Dai?
Pham van Dong
How many Vietnamese Catholics fled to South Vietnam after the French defeat?
900,000
One of the largest airborne operations of the war, aimed at destroying the Viet Cong’s Central Office for South Vietnam (COSVN).
Operation Junction City (1967)
Ho's guidelines for army discipline and conduct?
Twelves Recommendations.
Duration of the siege at Dien Bien Phu.
57 days
In order, who were the Presidents of the USA during the IC conflict?
Truman, Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford
A bold U.S. Marine Corps offensive into Laos to disrupt North Vietnamese supply lines.
Operation Dewey Canyon (1969)