The Vietnam Conflict 1950-1975.
The goals of the US- containment. North wanted to be all communism.
The French Connection:
France had gained control of Indochina in a series of colonial wars in the mid-late 1800's.
During WW!!, Chivy France worked with Japanese forces in controlling Indochina during WWII.
After the Japanese surrender, the French fought to retain control of their former colony against the Viet Minh independence movement, led by Communist Party leader Ho Chi Minh.
Geneva Conference- 1954.
Vietnam was partitioned temporarily into a Northern and a Southern zone of Vietnam at the 17th parallel. The north was to be ruled by Ho Chi Minh while the South would be under the control of Emperor Bao Dai.
The Geneva Conference (1954) set up elections to unify the country by July, 1956. Such elections were never held because neither side wanted to loose.
The US Armed Forces, The Army of Republic of Viet Nam vs. NLF, South Viet. Vietcong.
Escalation: President Truman began US involvement by sending money to help the French
President Eisenhower continued US support by sending military advisors to give temporary support to Diem's government in the South.
President Kennedy continues sending advisers as well as special operation forces. (green berets)
President Johnson sent more and more combat forces.
Deim cs. the Buddhists.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution: Several US shops were supposedly attacked by North Vietnamese torpedoes in the Gulf of Tonkin. Most experts today do not think the shops were attacked. This was Johnson's plot to get more involved in Vietnam. Only two people in Congress voted against him.
This was an election year. He played the people. Lunar New Year festival which is the most important Vietnamese holiday in South Vietnam. American public's faith was shattered, on January 30, 1968, when the enemy,
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