SECOND INDOCHINA WAR

1954-1975
Vietnam split at the 17th Parallel

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 Key Characters

Ngo Dinh Diem (First

president of South Vietnam
from 1955 until his capture and
assassination during the CIA-
backed 1963 South Vietnamese
coup.)

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 Key Characters

Ho Chi Minh (President from

1945 to 1969 of the Democratic
Republic of Vietnam (North
Vietnam)

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 Key Characters

Lyndon B Johnson (36th

President of the United States
who presided over a major
escalation of the U.S. role in
the Vietnam War.)

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 Key Characters

Richard Nixon (37th

President of the United States
who introduced Vietnamization
(Reduce American involvement
by turning the battle
against Communism over to
the South Vietnamese).

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 Military parties involved

Viet Cong/National
Liberation Front (NLF) -
a Vietnamese political
organization dedicated to the
overthrow of South Vietnam
and the reunification of North
and South Vietnam.

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 Military parties involved

Army of the Republic of

Vietnam (AVRN) - composed
the ground forces of the South
Vietnamese military from its
inception in 1955 to the Fall of
Saigon in April 1975.

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 Key events during the Vietnam War

First Indochina War

 This war of independence lasted

from December 1946 until August
1954, with most of the fighting taking
place in areas surrounding Hanoi.

 Viet Minh and French colonial forces

battle for control of Vietnam.

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 Key events during the Vietnam War

First Indochina War

 It ended with the French defeat at the

Battle of Dien Bien Phu (13th March to 7th
May 1954)

 French withdrawal from Vietnam after the

Geneva Accords.

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 Where are we going

Overarching Today’s Inquiry

Inquiry Question: Question:
Why did the Cold Who controlled the
War extend development of
beyond Europe the
and what was its Second Indochina
impact on the War?
different actors?
 [US] 1968-1973: Played a
crucial role in weakening
South Vietnam’s ability to
[C] [U]~1956-1961: Formalisation of the Sino-Soviet Split resist communism (6.4.1)
[U] 1960: Trade and [NV] 1968 Tet Offensive:
aid agreement; Attack on 30 provincial
$430m roubles; 10% [US] 1963: capitals and cities, defying
[C] 1964: “Resist
(6.1.6b) 16,000 Soviet preference for
America, Assist Vietnam”
“observers”; loss diplomacy; shocking the 1973 Paris Peace
[C] 1955-1964: China of support for (6.3.2)
US public when the Accords
provides the bulk of [U] 1965: Transits to
Diem [NV?] 1964: images are beamed back to [US] Kissinger
assistance to North direct involvement e.g.,
(6.2.1) Alleged attack on the US [U] Gromyko
Vietnam; > USSR SAMs provided (6.3.2)
US destroyer, (6.3.3, 6.3.3a) [C] Zhou Enlai 1975
(6.1.6b, 6.4.4) 1963 Maddox (6.2.3a) 1965 1969 (6.3.3c)

1955 [SV] Diem resisted US 1964 1968 1973

[NV] Mar 1975:
instructions; 1960: [US] 1964: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution; 1965: Operation NVA invaded
[US] France loses South Vietnam;
Rolling Thunder; 1964-1968: ARVN -23,000 to 535,000;
Battle of Dien Bien petition - 18 nationalists
(6.1.5a) 1967: 485,000 (6.2.3a, 6.2.3b, 6.3.1) Apr 1975: unifies
Phu in 1954; US [US] 1968-1972: 540,000 to
‘AMERICANISATION’ under Lyndon B. Johnson Vietnam under
installs Diem as [NV] Dec 1960: NLF 24,000; Jan 1973: “Peace with
communist rule
leader of South formed; Dec 1963: NLF [SV] 1967: Honour” achieved (6.3.3b,
[US] Nixon does
Vietnam position strengthened Nguyen van 6.3.3c)
not provide US air
(6.1.1, 6.1.2, (6.1.5b) Thieu as leader; 1969: ‘VIETNAMISATION’ support, as earlier
6.1.3, 6.1.4, 1965 onwards: under Richard Nixon promised - due in
6.1.5) Rejection of US part to US public
escalation; backlash against
support for NLF US involvement in
(6.3.1) Vietnam
(6.3.3c)
1954: Battle of Dien Bien Phu
1955-1963: Ngo Dinh Diem
From 1960: National Liberation Front
1956 onwards: Towards the Sino-Soviet Split
1964 onwards: Lyndon B. Johnson
and “Americanisation”
1965: Operation Rolling Thunder
1968: How the Tet Offensive Changed the War
Walter Conkrite and Calls for Withdrawal
1969: Nixon and Vietnamisation
1973: Paris Peace Accords
1975: NVA invaded South Vietnam,
unified it under communism
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

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BACKGROUND WAR PERIOD VICTORY DAY
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BACKGROUND
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 DIVISION OF VIETNAM

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
REPUBLIC VIETNAM
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 PRINCIPAL EVENTS

DIVISION WAR UNION

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CAPITALISM VS COMMUNISM

SOUTH VIETNAM NORTH VIETNAM

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from the Sun planet of them all

UNITED STATES CHINA & URSS

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 FACTS ABOUT THE WAR

GENEVA CONF. TONKIN

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VIET CONG TET OFFENSIVE

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DOMINO MY LAI ATTACK

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 TESTIMONIALS

“Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and

it’s also the smallest of them all”

MAO N, 83 YEARS OLD

EX-WAR SOLDIER

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place. It’s a planet full of iron oxide dust”

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SOLDIER’S WIDOW

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Jupiter's rotation period

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 CASUALTIES OF THE WAR

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VIETNAMESE AMERICAN OTHER

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VICTORY DAY
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 VIETNAM WAR TIMELINE

1940 1945 1954 1963

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smallest planet temperatures red, Mars is cold biggest planet

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 VIETNAM WAR TIMELINE

1965 1968 1973 1975

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from the Sun red, Mars is cold temperatures planet with life

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 THE TWO VIETNAMS

DEMOCRATIC R. OF
Hanoi VIETNAM
NORTH POP: 24,603,000 (1975)

SOUTH REPUBLIC OF
VIETNAM
Saigon POP: 23,197,000 (1975)

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 SOCIALIST REPUBLIC

DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF

REPUBLIC REPUBLIC VIETNAM
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 COUNTRIES OF FIRST ASYLUM

15% 45%
PHILIPPINES MALAYSIA
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20% 20%
THAILAND INDONESIA
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 RESETTLEMENT AFTER WAR

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1975-1995 (after war)

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 VICTORY-DAY TRADITIONS

COUNTRY FLAGS FLOWER

FESTIVALS
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planet to the Sun with rings

MILITARY FIREWORK
PROCESSION NIGHTS
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planet from the Sun actually a cold place

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 CURRENT POPULATION

AGE GENDER
MILLION PAX
RATE BALANCE

NORTH CENTRAL 40 million 18-64 M: 60% - F: 40%

SOUTH CENTRAL 20 million >65 M: 40% - F: 60%

SOUTHEAST AREA 20 million 18-64 M: 50% - F: 50%

MEKONG DELTA 10 million >65 M: 80% - F: 20%

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 VIETNAM GDP

ANNUAL GDP MAIN SECTORS

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2016 $184 1. Tourism 4. Fish

2. Agricultural 5. Electronics
2017 $193
3. Textil 6. Construction
2018 $221 4. Mining 7. Transport

GDP PER CAPITA PRODUCT

EXPORTATIONS
$2,215 (2018) $175,900,000 (2018)

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