HE Chapter 9: Vietnam War by Ayden Yeo (Tkss) https://padlet.com/ayden_yeo/6p8yr5ma4mw2hkgr en-us 2024-06-05 07:03:20 UTC 2024-06-05 08:54:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f504.png VIETNAM WAR ayden_yeo https://padlet.com/ayden_yeo/6p8yr5ma4mw2hkgr/wish/3018885548 2024-06-05 07:04:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ayden_yeo/6p8yr5ma4mw2hkgr/wish/3018885548 Before the Vietnam War ayden_yeo https://padlet.com/ayden_yeo/6p8yr5ma4mw2hkgr/wish/3018886993 2024-06-05 07:05:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ayden_yeo/6p8yr5ma4mw2hkgr/wish/3018886993 During the Vietnam War ayden_yeo https://padlet.com/ayden_yeo/6p8yr5ma4mw2hkgr/wish/3018889913 2024-06-05 07:08:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ayden_yeo/6p8yr5ma4mw2hkgr/wish/3018889913 Defeat of Dien Bien Phu, 1954 ayden_yeo https://padlet.com/ayden_yeo/6p8yr5ma4mw2hkgr/wish/3018891820

  • First Indochina War: French vs Viet Minh

  • Viet Minh defeated French at Dien Bien Phu

  • Cut off army's supply lines

    • ]]>     2024-06-05 07:10:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ayden_yeo/6p8yr5ma4mw2hkgr/wish/3018891820     The Geneva Conference, 1954 ayden_yeo https://padlet.com/ayden_yeo/6p8yr5ma4mw2hkgr/wish/3018893694

  • French withdrew from Vietnam

  • Vietnam divded along 17th parallel

    • North Vietnam led by Ho Chi Minh

    • South Vietnam led by Ngo Dinh Diem

  • 1956: Election to reunify Vietnam

    • ]]>     2024-06-05 07:11:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ayden_yeo/6p8yr5ma4mw2hkgr/wish/3018893694     Removal of Head of State Bao Dai, 1955 ayden_yeo https://padlet.com/ayden_yeo/6p8yr5ma4mw2hkgr/wish/3018895400

  • Ngo Dinh Diem was very unpopular

  • Diem decided not to hold the election in Jul 1955

  • Diem installed himself as President

  • US continued supporting regardless as Ngo was anti-communist

    • ]]>     2024-06-05 07:13:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ayden_yeo/6p8yr5ma4mw2hkgr/wish/3018895400     Ho Chi Minh Trail ayden_yeo https://padlet.com/ayden_yeo/6p8yr5ma4mw2hkgr/wish/3018898866

  • Used by Group 559 (specialised unit of North Vietnam Warmy) to transport weapons, ammunition and equipment to Viet Cong

    • ]]>     2024-06-05 07:16:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ayden_yeo/6p8yr5ma4mw2hkgr/wish/3018898866     Gulf of Tonkin Incident, 1964 ayden_yeo https://padlet.com/ayden_yeo/6p8yr5ma4mw2hkgr/wish/3018900740

  • 2 Aug 1964: North Vietnamese patrol boats attacked USS Maddox

  • US passed Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    • Gave Johnson (US president) power to take measures to prevent further aggression and achieve peace and security

    • Start of US direct military intervention

    • ]]>     2024-06-05 07:18:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ayden_yeo/6p8yr5ma4mw2hkgr/wish/3018900740     Battle of Ia Drang Valley, 1965 ayden_yeo https://padlet.com/ayden_yeo/6p8yr5ma4mw2hkgr/wish/3018901644 Nov 1965: First major battle between North and South Vietnam

    • US casualties: 234 dead

    • North Vietnam: lost between 1,500 and 2,000 troops

    ]]>     2024-06-05 07:19:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ayden_yeo/6p8yr5ma4mw2hkgr/wish/3018901644     Operation Rolling Thunder ayden_yeo https://padlet.com/ayden_yeo/6p8yr5ma4mw2hkgr/wish/3018903010 Mar 1965 - Nov 1968

    • US used strategic bombing to disrupt North Vietnamese supply lines (eg cities, army bases)

    • Thousands of civilian casualties

    • More bombs dropped than on Germany in WWII

    ]]>     2024-06-05 07:20:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ayden_yeo/6p8yr5ma4mw2hkgr/wish/3018903010     My Lai Massacre ayden_yeo https://padlet.com/ayden_yeo/6p8yr5ma4mw2hkgr/wish/3018990412

  • US soldiers murdered between 347 and 504 unarmed South Vietnamese civilians

  • US atrocities revealed to American public in additional media coverage released after Tet Offensive

    • ]]>     2024-06-05 08:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ayden_yeo/6p8yr5ma4mw2hkgr/wish/3018990412     The Tet Offensive, 1968 ayden_yeo https://padlet.com/ayden_yeo/6p8yr5ma4mw2hkgr/wish/3018992470

  • Turning point in the Vietnam War

  • 1 Jan 1968: Vietnamese New Year holiday

  • 80,000 Viet Cong and North Vietnam Warmy troops attacked over 100 cities and other military targets

  • Many civilians killed, ancient city of Hue destroyed

    • ]]>     2024-06-05 08:49:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ayden_yeo/6p8yr5ma4mw2hkgr/wish/3018992470     Reasons for the outbreak of Vietnam War ayden_yeo https://padlet.com/ayden_yeo/6p8yr5ma4mw2hkgr/wish/3018994314

  • Vietnam War broke out because North Vietnamese patrol boats attacked the USS Maddox

  • Vietnam War broke out because the US Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

  • Vietnam War broke out because of the civil war between North and South Vietnam on reunifying Vietnam

  • Vietnam War broke out because the USSR and China supported North Vietnam, and the US supported South Vietnam (proxy war)

    • ]]>     2024-06-05 08:51:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ayden_yeo/6p8yr5ma4mw2hkgr/wish/3018994314