Table of Contents Nations Fight for Control of Indochina Colonies 4 Ho Chi Minh Establishes a Communist Vietnam US Presidents Follow Truman Doctrine 8 Tonkin Incident prompts Johnson to Military Action 10 Unique Tactics and Technologies used in Vietnam 12 US Sustains Assault on North Vietnam 14 Viet Cong Go Underground 16 North Vietnam Launches the Tet Offensive 18 Antiwar Movement Grows in the United States 20 Saigon Falls to the North Vietnamese As Vietnam Recovers Refugees Flee 24 Vietnam War Considered a US Loss 26 12 Key Dates 28 Glossary 30 For More Information 31 Index About the Author 32
1 Nations Fight for Control of Indochina Colonies World War II 1939 1945 left countries everywhere in tatters The war's destruction was vast France Though weakened by World War II France had the aid of troops from southern Vietnam In 1950 the scraped through on the side of the United States threw its support Allies But it had lost control of its behind France as well US President Harry S Truman wanted to help colonies in Asia during the war Known as French Indochina these prevent the spread of communism colonies included Vietnam Laos China had become a communist and Cambodia After the war ended country in 1949 Truman did not France wasted no time trying to want to see the same thing reclaim the colonies happen in Vietnam He feared that if the Many Vietnamese did not want to return to French French soldier colonial rule Instead in Saigon on September 2 1945 Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam s independence Ho was a communist He wanted to see a revolution in Vietnam He promised freedom human rights and democracy His army the Viet Minh prepared for war They wanted to remove the French from Vietnam In 1946 this sparked the First Indochina War 4
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By: Jill Sherman
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