history asia

• who was part of indochina

  cambodia laos and vietnam
• japan invaded vietnam during ww2 and stripped them of..

  metals,sugars and spices
• food became scarce in 1945 due to japan and


  2 million starved to death
• french at war - ho chi minh declared vietnam independant but france

  wanted to keep it in their empire which led to 9 years of fighting between vietminh
• french at war- orignally france did well and gained control of the south but after

  1950 vietminh were supplied by china
• french at war- vietminh used hit and run tactics and killed


  80,000 out of 190,000 and gained more control of the countryside
• when was dien bien phu

  1954
• dien bien phu=

  • small french air base- 10,000 french troops surrounded by 50,000 vietminh
  • trapped french and french ran out of water and medical supplies
  • british and american refused to help so on may 7 french surrendered
  • 3000 french killed
  • 12,000 survived but half died while marching through jungle
• geneva agreement problems

  • britian,france,china, ussr, usa and vietnam met in geneva to decie what to do
  • elections were major issues
  • vietminh wanted quick election to unify vietnam- west worried communists would win so delayed election
• geneva agreement agreements

  • vietnam divided at 17 parallel
  • north ruled by ho chi minh
  • south ruled by diem
  • french troops withdraw
  • general election help before july 1956
  • laos and cambodia would be independent
• problems with diem

  • catholic and anti buddhist-made anti buddhist laws restricing buddhist celebrations
  • elections= made his voting colour red which meant good luck, intimidated people, won by 98% but actually won by 70
  • nlf and buddhists moved to jungle and civil war broke out in 1957 which was funded by ho chi minh and military equiptment was supplied down the ho chi minh trail
• when was the gulf of tonkin

  august 1964
• what caused gulf of tonkin

  agreement to plan 34a which sent vietnam mercenaries and us destroyer ships into NV waters
• gulf of tonkin ship


  uss maddox who was tracking signals from local radio stations
• how many torrpedo boats in gulf

  2 spied 3 shot
• how many warning shots in gulf

  3
• 4 august 1964


  reported another attack but captain unsure,johnson launched another attack on NV
• 7 august 1964


  gulf of tonkin resolution- gave power to johnson to take any military action nessecary