The document summarizes the key events of the Vietnam War from French colonization of Vietnam to the US involvement and withdrawal. It discusses how Vietnam was initially a French colony exporting goods. The Vietnamese people grew tired of French rule and Ho Chi Minh formed the Viet Min army to fight against French control. This led to war between the French and Viet Min forces. The US became involved due to anti-communist sentiments and helped the French fight against Ho Chi Minh's communist forces. This expanded into a war between the US and Viet Cong groups seeking independence, which saw heavy American casualties over years of guerilla warfare until the US ultimately withdrew from Vietnam.

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

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