Vietnam 🇺🇸

• What was LBJ's legacy? What was a result of this?

  The Vietnam war and lying to us about it; this caused him to not run for reelction even though the great society could have gone further
• How long was the Vietnam war actually?

  30 years
• What were the subwars of the Vietnam war to the Vietnamese? Who fought each one?

  Indochina war - vietnam vs. france Civil war - north vietnam vs. south vietnam American war - vietnam vs. america
• We were indirectly involved throughout the entire war.
• Has Vietnam been free or occupied in history?


  Occupied
• Who has occupied Vietnam? Why/explain

  China back and forth - viets hate chinese The French - they colonized them during the era of imperialism (when europe gets sigma) Japanese - they occupy people brutally US #gangsta
• What is french indcochina?


  Countries such as Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam
• What was the period of decolinization?

  A period starting in 1945 after WW2 where European countries started to fall off/lose power and their colonies didn't like them any more, so they left; some of these separations were bloody (NAMMMM)
• What did the French do with Vietnam as their colony?


  They grew rice here on plantations, and treated Vietenamese badly/like slaves
• What is the topography of vietnam like?

  It is a very rural, third world country
• Where generally did battles of vietnam war happen?

  In jungles and mountains because it's very rural
• Which occupier occupied Vietnam twice? when?

  The french; they occupied first, then japan occupied, then french again
• Who was Ho Chi Minh?

  Name that means "bringer of light"" and was leader of vietnam (of whole thing, before split)"
• Was HCM our enemy?

  Not at first, as he was on our side when Japan attacked them (we both hated japan)
• Why did the french stop occupying Vietnam (the first time)?

  Once the japanese invaded, the French fled (not all but most)
• Who were the Vietminh?

  Communist army or soldiers under regular vietnam (indochina war time) and allied / hated Japan
• What is guerilla warfare?


  Warfare fought in small units with hiding and camoflauge, you wait to attack your enemy and then you hit them (hit and run)
• What were 3 things that were grossly underestimated by the US of the Vietnamese?


  They were so good at fighting, were acutally good soldiers, and were experts at guerilla warfare They had an extensive tunnel network They had willingness to do whatever it takes to keep going
• The Vietnamese kept going no matter what. Did the US do this too? Why?

  No, we couldn't win a war without support of the homefront, and so when people where mad that there were a lot of casualties, we were not willing to keep going
• What were the French fighing for in Vietnam?

  Their colony
• What were the US fighing for in Vietnam?

  The policy of containment in the US
• After Japan invades Vietnam, what does HCM do?

  He declares a war of independence from France and bases it off the US one
• How does the Indochina war start? ** know this


  HCM and Vietnam wanted independence from France, so he makes a dec. of ind (France still owned them even though Japan had already been occupying). to try to break free, and asks for Truman's support. However, if they did break away, Vietnam would go commie, so we don't support this and say no
• What was dienbienphu?

  The alamo of vietnam where they massacre French people and say they're never gonna give up,
• What was the result of dienbienphu?

  The French decide to stop fighting with Vietnam and the Viets win
• What were the Geneva Accords?

  Agreement / treaty that ended the Indochina wars
• What was stated/done in the Geneva Accords?

  A TEMPORARY line was created on the 17th parallel of Vietnam, which created North and South Vietnam; after the temporary thing was done, they were supposed to have an election to decide which leader of each part was better, and reunify but...
• What was the capital of NV?

  Hanoi
• What was the capital of SV? What was its ideology?

  Saigon, they were capitalist with a "democracy"""
• Did the election from the Geneva Accords ever happen? Why?

  No, because we didn't wanna spread communism (SV and US agreed) - and we basically controlled SV so we could do it
• Who was Ngo Dinh Diem?

  Unpopular, corrupt leader of SV who acted more like a dictator than a democratic prime minister
• Who was really in charge of SV?

  We were
• If we were really in charge of SV, then why was Ngo there then?


  He was openly anti-commie
• What theory did IKE beleive in?

  The domino theory, where he beleived that if Vietnam fell to communism, then Laos and Camobida and others would fall too
• When the election that was supposed to happen didn't happen, what happened? (so many "happen"" god damn)?"


  The CIVIL WAR STARTSSssss yurrr
• What was the NVA?

  Northern Vietnamese army, lads with buket army hats
• Who were the Vietcong?

  Northern vietnamesers who lived in south vietnam secretly being commies, and fighting for the NVA but living in the south
• What was another name for the Vietcong?

  VC, NLF, charlie (foster def made this up bruh), or "farmers by day, soldiers by night"""
• What was the ARVN?

  Army of south vietnam
• Who was the ally of NV? What did they do?

  Soviet union, they brought them guns and weapons