Geography
Vietnam lies in this specific region of the Earth.
What is South east Asia?
He was a nationalist, the leader of the Vietnamese communist party, and first president of the Democratic Republic of North Vietnam.
Who was Ho Chi Minh?
This battle resulted in a humiliating defeat for the French signalling the beginning of the end of the French colonial rule in Vietnam.
The Battle of Diem Bien Phu?
This empire was communist, and led the Warsaw Pact.
What is the Soviet Union, or USSR?
Asymmetric warfare were a weak power fights a strong power and uses irregular warfare tactics like hit and run missions, booby traps, tunnel systems, ambushes, and blends in with the civilian population.
What is Guerrilla Warfare?
These three nations are Vietnam's neighbours
What is Laos, Cambodia, and China?
The US president who began increasing America's involvement in Vietnam from 1961-63.
Who was John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK)?
This Bombing Campaign designed to disrupt the industrial, and military logistics of the North Vietnamese state and force them back to negotiations began in 1965 and continued for years.
What is Operation Rolling Thunder?
The first leader of the Soviet Union and an inspiration to future communist leaders.
Who was Vladimir Lenin?
General Westmorland used these missions to confront the VC and NVA in his attrition strategy.
What are Seek & Destroy missions?
This major river runs through Laos, Cambodia, and enters the ocean through a huge delta in Southern Vietnam.
What is the Mekong River?
The President of the United States who oversaw a dramatic escalation of military forces in Vietnam from 1965-68.
Who was Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ)?
This hawkish Republican senator ran against Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1964 presidential election. Accusing LBJ of being soft on the commies.
Who was Barry Goldwater?
This war from 1950-53 was a model for the American involvement in supporting South Vietnam.
What is the Korean War?
This containment doctrine stated that if one country falls to communism then it becomes more likely their neighbours will then become communist as well.
What is Domino Theory?
This body of water lies off the coast of North Vietnam.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin?
The dictator of South Vietnam who was overthrown in a coup in 1963.
Who was Ngo Dinh Diem?
In August 1964 North Vietnamese boats may have fired torpedoes at an American Destroyer (warship), this controversial incident is when the American Congress gave the American president LBJ the authority to use military force against North Vietnam.
What is The Gulf of Tonkin Incident?
This crisis in the autumn of 1962 was the closest the United States and the USSR came to nuclear war and made world leaders fearful of escalation in Vietnam.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The French, South Vietnamese, and American militaries all attempted this counter-insurgency strategy.
What is pacification?
The Viet people originated along this river valley which runs through the city of Hanoi.
What is the Red River?
The Secretary of Defence for the USA who attempted to quantify the metrics for success in Vietnam through body counts.
Who is Robert McNamara?
This Peace conference resulted in the treaty that created separate North and South Vietnamese states split along the 17th parallel.
What is the Geneva Agreement?
In 1949 the victory of the communist faction in the civil war in this country sent shockwaves around the world.
What is the Chinese Civil War?
This counter-insurgency strategy carried out by the South Vietnamese government of Ngo Dinh Diem concentrated rural areas into fortified villages alienating farming communities.
What is the strategic-hamlet program?