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The Vietnam War
By: Stefan Rodney
Matt Clark
Richard Allison
Zeyadh Moosa
Prelude to the War (The French War)
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The French War was fought in
Indochina between 1946 and
1954 between the imperial
forces of the French Republic
and the Hồ Chí Minh-led Việt
Minh (Vietnam Independence
League). After seven years of
bloody conflict, the French
forces was defeated resulting
in the Geneva Conference on
July 21, 1954 made a
provisional division of Vietnam
at the 17th parallel, with the
north being given to the Việt
Minh as the Democratic
Republic of Vietnam under Hồ
Chí Minh, while the Republic of
Vietnam took the south.
The Synopsis of the Vietnam War(19641975)
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The Vietnam War was a
military conflict in which
communist forces of the
Democratic Republic of
Vietnam and the indigenous
National Front for the
Liberation of South
Vietnam, fought the anticommunist forces of the
Republic of Vietnam and its
allies, most notably the
United States, in a
successful effort to unify
Vietnam into a single
independent, communist
state.
Aftermath of the War
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Both Vietnam’s were
reunited to form the new
Socialist Republic of
Vietnam where the country
was consumed to
communism on July
2,1976.This government did
no last long being
overthrown by an even
more pro-Vietnamese
government, leading to the
Third Indochina War.
American Role in the Vietnam War
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The United States sent troops to stop the Southern Vietnamese
government from falling apart.
Over 2000 troops were sent to help South Vietnam at the
beginning of the Vietnam War.
By the end of the Vietnam War, there were over 58,000 U.S.
dead soldiers (211,000 casualties).
The war cost the United States over $150 Billion.
Vietnam received $2.6 billion from the U.S. for financial support.
The United States plans didn’t work because South Vietnam
became a communist country and fell to the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam government.
This was the longest war the United States had ever been
involved in.
The Presidential views of John F.
Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson
President John F. Kennedy:
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Wanted to use limited military action in the war.
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Sent about 18,000 soldiers to help South Vietnam.
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Later on sent more troops to help South Vietnam.
President Lyndon B. Johnson:
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Was sworn in as the President of the United States after President Kennedy
was assassinated
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Main focus in this war was military aid
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believed that it was America’s job to stop all communist governments
(Containment Act)
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Put 550,000 American troops in Vietnam by 1968
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Goal was to get people to support all his policies when it came to the Vietnam
war
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Never really publicly advertised the war because he was afraid that the “hawks”
would get pumped and want a win in Vietnam
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Continued to send troops to Vietnam and the number of American casualties
began to rise