A short presentation on the Vietnam War

1. Kazi Maruful Islam

2. Situations
• It was colonized by the French
• War between the Viets and French
• Involvement of world power blocs
• Domino theory
• Gulf on Tonkin Resolution
• War broke out between Viets and US soldiers
• Protest against the war from America
• The war comes to an end

3. French Colony
• French were interested in exports of Vietnam
• Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam was French
Indochina
• Ho Chi Minh makes his own army (Viet Min)
• Vietnamese were tired of the French
• Demanded liberty

4. War between French and Viet Min
• Viet Min attacked the French
• Americans help the French
• President of USA, Harry S Truman involved his
country
• USA was anti-communist
• Ho Chi Minh was communist
• The world power blocs were involved

5. World Power Blocs and Domino Theory
• Cold war between USA and Soviet Union (Nato
vs. Warsaw pact)
• They fought indirectly involving other
countries.
• USA feared the domino theory
• Domino theory
• Gulf on Tonkin Resolution

6. War between the US and Viet Cong
• US base in the south (Non-Communist
government)
• It was funded by the US government
• Seemed like the US were winning
• US had better army, navy and air force
• The Viet Cong were determined to win

8. Deadly war
• Viet Cong used the Ho Chi Minh trail
• US army weren’t used to the weather
• Viet Cong used a Guerilla war strategy
• Viet Cong would attempt suicide bombings
and sneak attacks
• Thousands of American Soldiers died
• American people start questioning their
government

11. WHY?
• Number of deaths indicated victory, not
invasion
• Soldiers were unaware of their objective
• Media covered the bloody war of Vietnam in
America
• People started protesting
• President of America stopped sending troops
to Vietnam

13. Results of the war
• 1.2 million Vietnamese soldiers died
• 58 thousand US soldiers died
• It divided the the US sharply
• Vietnam mostly came under communist
government
• It has an open market economy too
• The war left a scar on Vietnam

14. Thank you!
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