This lesson contains 15 slides, with text slides and 1 video.
Lesson duration is: 45 min
Items in this lesson
De Koude Oorlog
De Vietnam-oorlog
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Goals
By the end of this presentation, you will be able to explain why the Vietnam War came about and how it proceeded.
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Vietnamwar
US presence in Vietnam 1957-1975
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Vietnam (1)
Before WW2 a colony of France
During WW2 occupied by Japan
After the war struggle to gain independence from France
Major resistance group was the communist Vietminh led by Ho Chi Minh
France lost this battle
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Vietnam (2)
Vietnam was temporarily divided
North Vietnam was communist
South Vietnam was capitalist
Border was at the 17th parallel
The United States (secretly) supported South Vietnam
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Domino theory: if one country falls for communism...
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US support to South Vietnam
North Vietnam supports communist supporters in South Vietnam: Vietcong
Civil war ensues in 1957
Americans support South Vietnam, first with ‘advisers’ and weapons, then with troops (late 1963: 16,000)
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But...why do things go so hopelessly wrong in Vietnam?
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How did the war proceed?
De Amerikanen vochten in een volstrekt onbekend jungle-gebied, terwijl de Vietnamezen dit gebied goed kenden
Guerilla-oorlogsvoering: geen massale aanvallen, maar kleine, onverwachte aanvallen van de Vietcong
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Chemical warfare
The United States deployed everything to win the war: napalm for firebombs and Agent Orange, an aggressive defoliant that continues to cause great harm to people and nature
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Increasing protests against the war
First television war. Many journalists travel with the soldiers, who can film and photograph everything
The war can be followed from living rooms on television and in newspapers
The world sees how the US army commits terrible war crimes
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Slide 12 - Video
LBJ!
How many kids
did you kill today?
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End of the war
Domestic pressure becomes too much for the US: the American people want the war stopped
Vietnamisation: give the war back to the Vietnamese
Withdrawal of US troops
Peace treaty with North Vietnam/Vietcong in Paris (1973)
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Effects of the Vietnam War
In 1975, North Vietnam, invades South Vietnam. The country becomes communist in its entirety in 1976.
Lesson duration is: 45 min
