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Vietminh
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Ho Chi Minh's resistance movement against the French.
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they were the freedom fighters for north vietnam during the french occupation
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domino theory
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because vietnam fell to communism, if it was not reverted to democracy, the rest of asia would also turn to communism
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one of the reasons we backed the French recolonization of vietnam
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Vietcong
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name given by the south vietnamese to the rebel force of vietnamese communists
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Le Loi
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1400s military leader who used guerrilla warfare to defeat the chinese invaders. peasants by day and army by night.
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was what the war was modeled after.
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Ho Chi Minh
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worked for vietnamese independance and fought against the french. created vietminh.
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"he who enlightens"
used declaration of independance in his speech about vietnajm independance |
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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former gov't official for the french. johnson wanted him ot lead south vietnam.
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-anticommunistic
-roman catholic -favored catholics, buddists were angry -favored weealthy landholders which angered peasants -security forces which tortured and imprisioned ppl |
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French Indochina
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Vietnam, laos and cambodia
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Hanoi
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capital of north vietnam
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Saigon
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capital of south vietnam
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Dien Bien Phu
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the final major battle in which the french were defeated.
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vietnamese independance
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