led by Ho Chi Minh‚ who was fighting for liberation of colonial power (“The Cold War in Asia”). The war lasted 9 years and it resulted in the creation of two nation-states: North Vietnam controlled by Ho Chi Minh and South Vietnam controlled by Ngo Dinh Diem and supported by
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sections: North Vietnam‚ and South Vietnam. North Vietnam became a Communist government under Ho Chi Minh‚ and South Vietnam eventually became a Republic under Ngo Dinh Diem. Under Diem ’s oppressive rule‚ the Viet Cong (those against Diem) grew in power‚ and the U.S. reacted to the Communist threat by sending in troops and economic aid‚ and advised Diem to make more Democratic Reforms. Because it was never actually declared a war by congress‚ the "Vietnam War" is technically the "Vietnam Conflict". Nevertheless
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the messages the Viet Cong were espousing. Ba Huong‚ who was the leader of the village the people were being controlled under‚ assumed that they were being guided under the Viet Cong to undertake this action. Nguyen Thi Dinh also rallied the people who were disadvantaged under Diem in Ben Tre to rise up and take up arms to help themselves become their own landowners in South Vietnam. What this shows is that the people were even ready to fight to achieve a better life for themselves and for the people
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communism‚ the United States was determined to stop the spread of communism in South Asia by stopping the source: Vietnam. During the war‚ Vietnam split into two states: North and South Vietnam. The South hadn’t fallen to communism and it was led by Ngo Dinh Diem. On the other hand‚ the North had fallen to communism and it was led by Ho Chi Mihn. Despite the fact
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known as Indochina‚ part of the French Union – in the war‚ troops were drawn from elsewhere in the French Union to fight in the war against the Viêt Minh (lead by Hô Chí Minh). Later‚ between the years 1955 & 1965 – the Americans were supporting Ngô Đình Diêm‚ a puppet President they had helped install. However‚ the Americans didn’t realise what a problem he would become. He ran his authoritarian and nepotistic ‘government’ so poorly‚ he would later be double-crossed and killed by one of his Generals
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agreed to hold elections in 1956 to unify the two parts of Vietnam. Ngo Dinh Diem‚ the ruler of South Vietnam‚ refused to hold elections. Ho Chi Minh was a communist‚ who was supported by China. In 1960‚ he set up the National Liberation Front (NLF) in South Vietnam‚ which started a guerrilla war to take over South Vietnam from Diem and his American backers. The Americans called the NLF guerrillas the Vietcong‚ and supported Diem with military advisers and money. Diem’s government was made up of
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Assess the consequences of the Vietnamese victory against the French for Indochina in the periods 1954-1964. The Vietnamese victory against the French at the battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 brought about dramatic changes to Indochina. These changes took place in the Geneva Conference which shortly happened after the battle of Dien Bien Phu. General Vo Nguyen Giap and Ho Chi Minh who were the Vietminh’s leader had only one goal and that was to unify Vietnam and declare independence from colonial
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Vietnam had surrendered to Chian in the north and Britain in the south. In 1955 anticommunist Ngo Dinh Diem with the support from the U.S became president of Vietnam claiming South Vietnam to be the Republic of Vietnam. After five years of the birth of the Republic f Vietnam‚ Eisenhower wrote a letter to Diem applauding him and the Vietnamese people for gaining independence in a “situation so perilous that many thought it was hopeless.” Eisenhower also
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DBQ The United States attempted to help Ngo Dinh Diem build a new nation in South Vietnam once France withdrew from Vietnam in 1954 by sending military “advisers.” As the United States was helping the south‚ Ho Chi Minh still had the Vietcong in the south that were getting stronger and more militant. In 1959‚ the Vietcong guerillas raided throughout the south and controlled most of the area outside of Saigon. When John F. Kennedy took office‚ the Diem regime was crumbling‚ so JFK became fully
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west as well as support from the communist East in conflict against each other. In addition‚ the opposing ideologies of the Cold War further influenced the Vietnam war. The first leader of South Vietnam was Ngo Dinh Diem (source 11) who was anti-communist due to his religious beliefs. Ngo Dinh Diem was Christian and therefore did not support communism (religion was prohibited
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