Vietnam War

• When was the first Indochina war?

  1946 to 1954
• When was Dien Bien Phu?

  1954
• Who led North Vietnam?

  Ho Chi Minh
• Who led South Vietnam?

  Diem
• When did China support the Vietminh?

  After 1950
• Where did the Vietnam war extend to?

  Laos and Cambodia
• Who was at the French air base at Dien Bien Phu?

  10,000 French troops and 50,000 Vietminh troops surrounded them
• How long did the battle of Dien Bien Phu last?

  57 days
• How many French troops were killed at Dien Bien Phu?

  3,000
• When was the Geneva Conference?

  1954
• Who met at the Geneva Conference?

  Britain , France , China , USSR , USA , Vietnam
• What was agreed at the Geneva Conference?

  • Vietnam was to be divided at the 17th parallel
  • Laos and Cambodia would be independent countries
  • N. Vietnam would be ruled by Ho Chi Minh
  • S. Vietnam would be ruled by Diem
  • General election would be held in 1956 to unite the country
• How much did the USA provide Diem?

  $1.6 billion in 1955
• When did China become communist?

  1949
• When did Ho Chi Minh declare himself president of Vietnam?

  September 1945
• How much did Truman send to the French to help them fight the Vietminh and when?

  Sent $15 million in July 1950
• How much of the equipment was sent by the USA to the French?

  80%
• Did the July 1956 general election happen?

  No
• How much had Diem rigged the elections by?

  98.2% and ordered his supporters to intimidate others without the red voting paper
• When was Diem assassinated?

  1st November of 1963
• What was Nepotism?

  Promoting your family members to positions of power
• What did Diem do to make him unlikeable?

  • Forced peasants off their land to give to his family members
  • Introduced taxes
  • Gave key government jobs to his friends and family
• Who organised Diem's assassination?

  John F. Kennedy
• What is the National Liberation Front also known as?

  Vietcong
• What was the main religion of Vietnam?

  Buddhism
• Who were Diem's main opposers?

  Buddhists because he gave preferential treatment to the Catholics in society and government
• What did the Buddhists do to protest against Diem?

  Hunger strikes, Mass rallies, Invited foreign press to cover events, Self-Immolation
• Who were the ARVN and what did it stand for?

  The armed forced of the South - Army of the Republic of Vietnam
• Who were the Nationalists?

  Someone that loves their nation
• What were the Vietcong aims?

  • Replace Diem with a government that represents 'all social classes and religions'
  • Unification of Vietnam, free from the foreign influence
  • Promotion of the peasants rights and returning the land back to the people
• What was the Marshall Plan?

  The aim to support countries against the communist aggression by supplying economic aid to reduce the spread of communism
• What is Containment?


  Stopping the advancement of communism wherever it may have been influenced
• What was Domino Theory?


  The belief that if one country fell to communism, neighbouring countries would also fall.
• What was the Red Scare?

  The promotion of fear about the rise of communism
• When was Eisenhower president?

  1953 to 1961
• When was Kennedy president?

  1961 to 1963
• When was Johnson president?

  1963 to 1968
• Gulf of Tonkin - 31st July : 


  South Vietnamese army attacked a North Vietnamese radar station.
• Gulf of Tonkin - 3rd August : 


  3 torpedo boats belonging to North Vietnam headed for the USS Maddox and the USS Maddox then fired at the boats sinking 1 and damaging the other 2
• Gulf of Tonkin - 4th August : 


  USS Maddox insisted that they were attacked again by the North but there was no evidence of said attack.