Vietnam War

Why the US originally sent aid to the Viet minh

• to help the French regain their colony

• to help prevent a communist take over

• to help the Vietminh overthrow French rule

• to help the Vietminh expel Japanese forces

This country returned to Vietnam in 1946 forcing the Viet minh into hiding

• US

• Japan

• France

• China

led a nationalistic movement for a communist Vietnam state

• Chiang Kai-shek

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Mao Zedong

• Ho Chi Minh

Because of the battle at Dien Bien Phu

• President Johnson sent American troops into Vietnam

• French withdrew from Indochina

• President Nixon pulled American troops out of Vietnam

• regular N. Vietnamese army units joined the Vietcong

the political belief that if one Asian country fell to communism, neighboring countries would soon follow

• Guerilla Warfare

• Credibility Gap

• Domino Theory

• Vietnamization

Catholic, Anti-Communist President of South Vietnam that was assassinated in 1963

• Mao Zedong

• Chiang Kai-shek

• Ho Chi Minh

• Ngo Dinh Diem

Vietnamese guerilla fighters

• North Vietnamese Army

• the Vietcong

• Agent Orange

• the South Vietnamese Army

North Vietnam received military weapons and other support from

• Soviet Union and China

• China and Italy

• Italy and Japan

• Japan and Laos

chemical defoliant used to clear the thick jungle vegetation

• Agent Orange

• Vietnamization

• Napalm

• Rolling Thunder

jellied gasoline explosive that explodes on contact

• grenades

• Greek fire

• napalm

• Agent Orange