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  • Slide 1
  • Lead up to the Vietnam War
  • Slide 2
  • Colonial Past French Indo-China had been part of the French Empire since the late 19 th century Vietnamese had a long history of violently fighting imperialism
  • Slide 3
  • WWII Due to crisis caused by the Great Depression and WWI, French lost control of Vietnam to Japan during WWII Vietminh League for the Independence of Vietnam led by Ho Chi Minh (a communist) Armed by the Americans to fight the Japanese Redistributed land Relieved famine Ended high rents The Vietminh were popular with the Vietnamese people
  • Slide 4
  • After WWII When the Japanese surrendered there was a power vacuum Chinese occupy North British occupy South ***Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independent November 1946 French decide they want Vietnam back French bomb Hanoi and Haipong, killing 6,000 Vietminh fight for national liberation
  • Slide 5
  • Indo-China War Vietminh use Guerilla Warfare warfare fought in small groups using hit and run tactics Becomes part of the Cold War: China arms North Vietnam (Vietminh) America helps the French defend South Vietnam ***S. Vietnam puppet leader Bo Dai
  • Slide 6
  • French Lose Dien Bien Phu Huge military defeat of the French France was experiencing problems all over their colonial empire The war was unpopular in France many of the men were conscripts Vietminh were masters of Guerilla Warfare Ho Chi Minh had the support of most Vietnamese people
  • Slide 7
  • The Geneva Convention 1954 The Geneva Peace Conference is arranged between the USSR, USA, UK, France, China, and Indochina Terms of the agreement: Laos and Cambodia are independent Vietnam is temporarily divided along 17 th parallel Ho Chi Minhs gov is recognized in the North Emperor Bo Dai was recognized in the South 1956 Elections were to be held to unite Vietnam
  • Slide 8
  • Outcome US never agree to the Geneva Accords Bo Dais Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem rigs elections 98.2% of the vote, including 133% in Saigon Eisenhower agrees that if free elections would have been held, the Ho Chi Minh would have probably won 80% of the vote.