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Ho Chi Mihn and the creation of Viet Minh
he was creating a communists state and many countries did not like that, American, France, Vietnam, and the USSR were the most impacted by this. They funded each others side of the war and they both knew that causing them to be afraid of a full invasion on themselves. -
The first Indochina war
France and Vietnam were the two most involved in this conflict. The Vietnamese people were the ones most impacted as the war started and now their country is being destroyed. -
The domino theory
it was a theory that stated once a country fell to communism the country's around it also would this theory was widespread during the red scare. Although the theory was never proven this was the main reason for war with the Vietkong. -
America aids france
france and the u.s were most impacted by this as America started providing supplies to France to fight the war including equipment, artillery, ammo, etc. This increased tensions as it showed America was showing more interest in this war -
The Geneva accords
was a convention in which they decided a ceasefire in multiple countries including Vietnam and it split the county along the 17th parallel. Also established that in 2 years both sides would elect a president. -
diem's assination
He was assasinated in a cia backed coup because he was leading crusades killing non Christian Vietnamese. This assasination led to widespread turmoil in south vietnam -
the gulf of tonkin incident
a u.s provoked attack where the Vietnamese fired at u.s naval ships that were patrolling close to Vietnamese waters. was the reason America needed to enter into a full scale war -
the tet offensive
A major escalation in the Vietnam where the Vietkong launched numerous assaults on u.s and southern Vietnam military bases and patrols halting progress and considered one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam war. -
My Lai Massacre
A United States war crime on north Vietnamese citizens in which the unarmed were shot and killed including women and children which were also raped before being shot. Occured in the Quảng Ngãi province -
use of agent orange
Agent orange was a pesticide used during the vietnam war it is a 50/50 split of two types of pesticides it was released in large amounts in Vietnam causing contamination in the region it has also been linked to certain types of cancer and is a known carcenigen -
war powers act
A law in the u.s which limits the presidents control over the military was enacted because of the large amounts of troops lost in the Vietnam war for no gain. -
Vietnamization
The gradual withdraw of u.s troops involvement in the Vietnam war this was largely supported by the u.s population which was tired of fighting a war in which they were making no progress. -
The fall of saigon
The north vietnamese troops captured the capital of southern Vietnam marking the end of the war