Lived in china and ussr; quickly adopted communism
Organized resistance movement against the french
French Indochina
Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
French-Vietnamese Conflict
When japan surrendered french indochina, vietnam thought the french would too. France was losing badly because of vietnam's guerilla tactics.
17th Parallel
Seperated north vietnam from south vietnam
NVA and V.C
North vietnamese army and viet cong
Tet Offensive
When the VC and NVA attacked just about every city in South Vietnam.
Vietnamization
A process implemented by President nixon to decrease the number of soldiers and money put into the Vietnam war while increasing the number of south vietnamese fighting.
Mylai Massacre
When american soldiers lined up everyone from Mylai and killed them
