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Mind Map by dottydiva96, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by dottydiva96
about 10 years ago
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Presidential involvement
in Vietnam 1945 - 1975
- Involvement increases
through presidents:
- Truman aids French
in Franco-Vietnamese
war
- Eisenhower sent
military advisors and
money into Vietnam
- Aided Diem
regime
- Aided Diem
regime
- JFK send more military
advisors and money
- He also sends
pilots and
helicopters that
'cannot fight'
- 1961 - 1963
- Aided Diem regime
- Both JFK and Diem were
assassinated in 1963
- He also sends
pilots and
helicopters that
'cannot fight'
- Truman aids French
in Franco-Vietnamese
war
- Johnson sends
in troops
- Waits until after
elections to
send in troops
- 1965 - Operation
Rolling Thunder
- Supposed to be 8 weeks,
ended after 3 years
- Heavy bombing of
Ho Chi Minh Trail
- Supposed to be 8 weeks,
ended after 3 years
- 1965 - 75, 000
US troops in V
- Adds 100, 000 more
- Allocates
another 100,
000 for 1966
- AVRN awful,
Westmooreland pressures
for 'Americanisation' of war
- Opposition from
George Ball
- Adds 100, 000 more
- Gold of Tonkin incident
- Uses attack of US
Maddox and alleged
attack of Joy Turner
to justify escalation
- GOT resolution leads to
only 2 votes against
escalation in congress
- $700 million
reserved for
military
escalation 1965
- Uses attack of US
Maddox and alleged
attack of Joy Turner
to justify escalation
- Waits until after
elections to
send in troops
- Vietnamese troops
- Viet Cong were
Communists in SV
- NVA - North Vietnamese
Army (Communists)
- Used underground tunnel
system, Viet Minh Trail
and guerilla tactics
- Used underground tunnel
system, Viet Minh Trail
and guerilla tactics
- NVA - North Vietnamese
Army (Communists)
- AVRN - SV army
- Viet Cong were
Communists in SV
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