VIETNAM

WAR
Dayanara Suárez
Daniela Pozo
Natalia Montes
WHAT IS THE VIETNAM WAR?
Vietnam, had been under French colonial rule since the 19th
century.

During World War II, Japanese forces invaded Vietnam. To fight

off both Japanese occupiers and the French colonial
administration, formed the League for the Independence of
Vietnam.

Following its 1945 defeat in World War II, Japan withdrew its
forces from Vietnam. Seeing an opportunity to seize control,
taking over the northern city of Hanoi and declaring a Democratic
Republic of Vietnam.

Both sides wanted the same thing: a unified Vietnam. But while
Ho and his supporters wanted a nation modeled after other
communist countries, Bao and many others wanted a Vietnam
with close economic and cultural ties to the West.
 When did the Vietnam War Start?

In 1955, however, the strongly anti-

communist politician Ngo Dinh Diem
The Vietnam War and active U.S. The subsequent treaty signed in pushed Emperor Bao aside to become
involvement in the war began in July 1954 at a Geneva conference president of the Government of the
1954, split Vietnam Republic of Vietnam.
WHO WERE INVOLVED?

The Army of North Vietnam,

the Republic of allied with the National Front
Vietnam or South for the Liberation of Vietnam,
Vietnam, and its ally and backed by the People's
the United States Republic of China and the Soviet
Union.
 MAIN CAUSES
The ideological differences between the two antagonistic states
North VietnamS and outh Vietnam
The North Vietnamese leadership's goal of reunifying the country
The refusal of the government of South Vietnam to carry out the
referendum established in 1954 by the Geneva Conference.
The actions of the National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam
The Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964
 EFFECTS
The Vietnam War left behind 4 million Vietnamese military and
civilian deaths as well as 60,000 U.S. soldiers.
After the Vietnam War the South Vietnamese government
disappeared and the country was unified to be run by the North
Vietnamese communists.
Deforestation and pollution was caused in Vietnam due to chemical
weapons used by the U.S. Air Force.
the US government get destabilized
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