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Vietnam War- Gabe Weisblatt
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- THE VIETNAM WAR
- By: Gabe Weisblatt
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- Ho Chi Minh led North Vietnam as a communist revolutionary who had been fighting for Vietnamese independence since the 1940s.
- Ngo Dinh Diem was the U.S. backed leader of South Vietnam. Despite heavy American funding and support, his corrupt government made him not liked with his own people.
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- In 1945, Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam independent from French colonial rule, and borrowed language directly from the American Declaration of Independence to appeal to the West.
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- Battle of Dien Bien Phu
- In 1954, Viet Minh forces surrounded and trapped French troops at Dien Bien Phu, forcing a surrender. The defeat ended French colonial rule in Indochina and opened the door to American involvement.
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- THE DOMINO THEORY
- The Domino Theory said that if one country fell to communism, its neighbors would follow like falling dominoes. This belief became the justification for U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
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- Geneva Accords
- After Dien Bien Phu, the 1954 Geneva Accords divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel. Elections to reunify the country were planned for 1956. They never happened because the U.S. and South Vietnam feared Ho Chi Minh would win.
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- Buddhist Crisis
- In 1963, Diem's government cracked down on Buddhist leaders and followers, sparking protests across South Vietnam. JFK urged Diem to reform, but Diem responded with martial law and raids on Buddhist temples. A Buddhist monk set himself on fire in Saigon, shocking the world.
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- SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROBERT MCNAMARA
- McNamara shifted U.S. strategy to flexible response against guerrillas. He publicly expressed optimism that North Vietnam would soon quit. He became LBJ's main war strategist but later criticized it.
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- In August 1964, North Vietnamese boats allegedly attacked the USS Maddox. A second attack was likely fabricated. LBJ used it anyway to escalate U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
- USS Madox
- Gulf of Tonkin Incident
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- Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
- Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution after the alleged attacks. It gave LBJ power to use U.S. force in Southeast Asia without declaring war. By 1968, 536,000 troops were in Vietnam.
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- Operation Rolling Thunder
- Operation Rolling Thunder bombed North Vietnam's military and supply targets from 1965–1968. U.S. planes dropped over 800,000 tons of bombs, more than in all of WW2's Pacific theater. It failed to stop North Vietnam's will to fight
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- The Tet Offensive
- U.S. Embassy Saigon
- During Tet holiday 1968, North Vietnam and Viet Cong attacked over 100 South Vietnamese cities. They targeted the U.S. Embassy in Saigon to start rebellion. U.S. forces won militarily, but it broke public support for the war.
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