vietnam war- indochina

• When was the Geneva agreement signed?

  July 1954
• Why was the location of Vietnam significant?

  >close to communist china

  >if Vietnam falls to communism, Laos and Cambodia will
• What is indochina?

  The French colony in Southeast Asia that today includes the countries known as Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
• What happened to indochina during the Second World War?

  Was invaded by Japanese who took Vietnamese spices, rubber, coal and rice
• What were the consequences of ww2 on Vietnam?

  >By 1945 2 million Vietnamese died of starvation

  >A vietmanese resistance group who opposed french rule raised- Vietminh
• Who was Ho Chi Minh?

  Communist leader of North Vietnam
• When was the Indochinese Communist Party formed?

  1930- by Ho Chi Minh + ngyun vo Giap
• When was the Vietminh established?

  
  

  A. 1945

  B. 1941

  C. 1932

  D. 1952

  b. 1941
• When was the IndoChina War?

  From 1946 until 1954
• How did the US respond to Chinese involvement in indochina?

  July 1950 - sent $15 million in military aid to french
• When did Ho Chi Minh declare the Republic of Vietnam?

  September 1945
• How many French casualties did ' hit and run' tactics cause?

  80,000 killed
• State 3 clauses of the Geneva agreement

  > Vietnam will be divided at the 17th parallel

  > French will leave N.Vietnam+ Vietminh will leave S.Vietnam

  > an election will be held before July 1956
• When did the battle of dien bien phu begin?

  13 March 1954
• What were French 'hedgehogs'? ( indochina war )


  Fortresses in north Vietnam designed to disrupt supply routes
• 3 problems the french faced in dien bien phu

  - Outnumbered 4-1

  - Vietminh held the high ground over valleys

  - not enough artillery
• What were the numbers of vo Nguyen Giap's offensive against the french?

  -50,000 troops

  - 260,000 labourers

  - 27000 tonnes of rice
• How many french prisoners did the Vietminh take?

  11,700
• When did the battle of dien bien phu end?

  7th may 1954