Transcript Vietnam War

VIETNAM WAR
Myka Gonzales, Mike Bosserman, Nick Brenner
DEFINITIONS
Domino Theory – If one nation becomes communists,
surrounding nations will too. ( If one falls they all fall)
Containment- The Us foreign policy in the era of cold war to
keep communism from spreading.
-- American’s fear during the cold war era was that the
spreading of communism would turn the cold war into a hot
war and our goal was to prevent this from happening by
stopping the spread.
BEGINNING OF THE WAR
»The Vietnam War started in the year 1959
»The war started because Vietnam was falling to
communism of the Russians and the United States
was trying to stop the spread of communism.
»The US fought against the Democratic Republic of
Vietnam.
WEAPONS
US Troops
» The M-16 was the United States
standard weapon used during the war.
The first time this assault rifle was
used was in the Vietnam war by the
US. The M-16 is still used today.
» M-14- The M-14 was a sniper rifle that
the US troops used during the war.
The M-14 was later renamed M-21.
» M-1911A1, CAR-15, M-72, M-79, .38
Special, M-2, M-1919A4, M-20, M67, M-1, M-60, M-203
Weapons extended
NVA Weapons
» AK-47 (Russian Rifle) - A gas operated,
magazine-fed rifle which has a
semiautomatic ROF of 40 rounds or
100 rounds on a fully automatic.
» Chicom (Type-56, Chinese AK-47) - The
chinese version of a AK-47.
» TOKAREV (TT33 Pistol), MAT49
(7.62mm SMG), Type-24 (7.92mm
HMG), MAKAROV (PM 9.5mm
Pistol), SIMONOV (SKS Rifle),
PPSh41 (7.62mm SMG), RPG-7
(Rocket Launcher), RPD-7 (.62mm
GPMG)
WHERE & WHO
»Occurred in North and South Vietnam,
Laos, and Cambodia.
»The United States entered the war to prevent
a communists takeover of South Vietnam as
part of our wider strategy for containment.
»US involvement escalated in the early 1960’s
because of we feared the “Domino Theory” of
expanding communists empires.
»North and South Vietnam were separated by a line
in latitude called the 17th parallel. This was because
north Vietnam sided with Russia and became
communists where as Americans were helping and
protecting South Korea from communism.
ENDING OF THE WAR
»The capture of Saigon by the north vietnamese
marked the end of the war in April 30th 1973.
»After 16 deadly years of fighting the war the two countries signed
a peace treaty ending the war in 1973 that stated that the United States
forces would leave Vietnam.
»The cause of the war ending was the US and Vietnam were going to
sign a treaty but the Vietnamese screwed the US over.
»The US ordered bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong causing
Vietnam and the US to sign a Peace agreement.
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