Transcript The Vietnam War, Domino Theory, Viet Cong, And Ho chi Minh

The Vietnam War,
Domino Theory, Viet
Cong, And Ho chi Minh
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The United States Of America
was worried about the spread of
Communism throughout Asia.
Ho Chi Minh(May 19, 1890September 3, 1969) was the
founder as well as the first leader
of the Vietnamese Communist
Party.
The US government believed in
the Domino theory. The Domino
Theory stated that if one country
fell to communism, all of the
neighboring countries shall also
fall to the communist’s rule.
AFFECT
The USA supported the
French in the Vietnamese
War. The USA paid over 75%
of their war debts.
 In August 1964, the US
Congress passed a resolution
giving the president power to
go to war. In February 1965,
the U.S. began to bomb north
Vietnam and soon 184,000
American soldiers were
fighting in Vietnam.
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The Domino Theory states that if one country
fell to Communism, that the neighboring
countries shall follow. This theory was
discontinued after August of 1964.
The United States tried to stop communism
by invading Vietnam in 1964.
The People's Liberation Armed Forces, more popularly
known as the Viet Cong (VC), was the military arm of the
National Liberation Front (NLF). Established at the end of
1960, the VC was created by the North Vietnamese
communists to escalate the armed struggle in South
Vietnam. In the early 60's they grew rapidly and by 1964,
totaled over 30,000 soldiers.
 The Viet Cong were organized into three levels: regular
forces operating under the command of the southern
communist leadership, full time guerrillas organized into
companies serving under provincial leadership and finally,
a part time self-defense militia, composed of units
organized into squads and platoons used primarily for
village defense.
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Ho Chi Minh was born in 1890.
He lead North Vietnam in the Vietnamese War
against the U.S.
Ho finally settled in Paris in 1917. Here he read
books by Karl Marx and other left-wing writers
and eventually he became convened to
communism. When in December, 1920 the
French Communist Party was formed. Ho
became one of its founder members.
Ho Chi Minh was the founder and the leader of
the communist party against the U.S.
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North Vietnam won the Vietnamese War.
North and South Vietnam, France, The U.S.,
Australia, South Korea, and New Zealand.
The General of the North Vietnam military at
the time was General Giap.