Vietnam Background

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  • who was Ho Chi Minh?
    Leader of the Vietcong and Vietminh. Exiled to China - wants an independent and communist Vietnam.
  • Indo-China consisted of which countries?
    Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam
  • Who ruled Indo-China?
    France - in the 1940's
  • Who invaded Indo-China?
    Japan in WWII
  • Who was Mao Zedong?
    Chinese communist leader in 1949. Backed by and allies with the Soviets
  • who was Ngo Dinh Diem?
    Vietnamese leader in the south, supported by US. Corrupting tyranniser who persecuted the Buddhist majority. Responsible for turning many towards communism
  • What was the Geneva Agreement?
    An agreement that took place in 1954. Split Vietnam in 2. North communism under Ho Chi Minh, South capitalist under Ngo Dinh Diem
  • Who was Quang Duc?
    A monk who performed self-immolation out of protest of Diem's regime
  • Domino Theory
    Developed by Eisenhower - America's fear that if one country fell to communism then so would another until a whole continent would become communist. America wanted to stop this.
  • What was the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
    The US navy claimed their ship 'The Maddox' had been fired upon. This gave them the excuse to send troops into Vietnam, however it turned out to be untrue.