Vietnam Conflict

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Vietnam Conflict

• 1959 to April 30, 1975

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Countries in Support of South Vietnam (Diem
Coup)

• US
• Australia
• Canada
• Republic of Korea
• Philippines
• New Zealand
• Montagnards (Aboriginal Indochinese)

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US Involvement

• The Geneva accords
• US stated in the accords for Vietnam to be one
  state, but the north wanted to have a communist
  govt. The UN got involved b/c they did not want
  Vietnam to be a communist state.
• The Geneva Conference is a central cause and
  promotes the conflict.
• The Gulf Tonkin incident increases the tension
  building to war.

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US Involvement

• The US presidents involved with the Vietnam
  Conflict (during, before, after)
• John F Kennedy
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Lyndon B. Johnson
• Richard Nixon

• Involvement began w/ financial aid and training
  of the Diem Coup army.
• Pentagon Papers
• "You have a row of dominoes set up you knock
  over the first one,and what will happen to the
  last one is that it will go over very
  quickly".-- President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954
• In the end the US had 50,000 soldiers die
  fighting in Vietnam.

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US on the Domino Theory

• The US had an opinion that if Vietnam was put
  under the influence of USSR that neighboring
  countries to Vietnam would fall under their
  influence.

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Australia and New Zealand Involvement

• Under the ANZUS treaty both countries sent
  soldiers to aid the US.
• Australia began by sending advisers to Vietnam
  until 1965, when combat troops were committed.
• New Zealand began by sending a detachment of
  engineers and an artillery battery, and then
  started sending Special Forces and regular
  infantry.

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Canada Involvement

• Canadian govt gave diplomatic assistance to the
  US to establish contact with the Viet Cong.
• Contributed supplies and weapons.
• About 2,500-3,000 Canadian soldiers were in the
  US army b/c Canada did not send troops.
• Canada gave political asylum to deserters of the
  US army.

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Republic of Korea Involvement

• Second-largest contingent of foreign troops in
  South Vietnam w/ about 320,000 soldiers.
• South Korean troops developed a reputation for
  ruthlessness.
• About 5,000 were killed in the war.

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Philippines Involvement

• 1,450 troops sent to South Vietnam under the
  Philippines Civil Affairs Assistance Group.
• They were primarily engaged in medical and other
  civilian pacification projects.

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Montagnards Involvement

• Montagnards are highland people in Indochina
• Montagnards did not agree w/ how they were being
  treated after the Geneva Conference.
• Helped in jungle fighting.

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North Vietnam Army(Viet Cong)

• Many soldiers, like the US soldiers did not want
  to fight.
• 2,000,000 North Vietnamese died.
• Communist govt

• Generals Vo Nguyen Giap, Ho Chi Minh, Le Duan,
  Nguyen Chi Thanh, and Tran Van.
• Allies to the Viet Cong were the USSR the
  Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea.

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Resolution

• Truce on January 27, 1973
• The US had all American prisoners returned in
  return of being out of South Vietnam in 60 days.

• Henry Kissinger negotiated with North Vietnam.
• Vietnam was divided by the 38th parallel.

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Bibliography

• http//www.deanza.edu/faculty/swensson/ewrl2vn.htm
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• http//www.deanza.edu/faculty/swensson/allies.html
  
• http//www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/vietnam/maps.htm
• http//www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/vietnam.html
• http//www.theodora.com/maps/
• http//www.vietvet.org/jeffviet.htm
• America Past and Present