| VietNam - Vietnam History |
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| Aftermath of Vietnam War |
 America spent nearly $165 billion on the war. 58,000 Americans died,
and hundreds of thousands were wounded, some even permanently paralyzed.
Over 2 million Vietnamese (north, south, civilians alike) died as a
result of the war. |
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| Vietnam War Conclusion |
| In 1966 president Johnson believed that the US was
strong and prosperous enough to stop the aggression. But the war was
contaminating his administration and slowly suffocating the other plans
of the president.
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| Equipment in Vietnam War |
 AK47, M16, Chinook helicopter, Helicopter used by the American Military for insertion of troops into
combat areas and for evacuating the wounded. Also used for longer trips
and to hold larger numbers. But much slower and not as maneuverable as
the hui. |
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| The Tet offensive in Vietnam War |
| The Tet offensive was a massive attack by the North
Vietnamese on the lunar new year of Tet. They planned to attack while
the United States and the South Vietnamese were least expecting it.
They planned extensive attacks ont the border areas, to draw ARVN (army
of the republic of Vietnam)troops away from their real targets: Saigon,
and other important cities and other key areas. They also hoped for a
general uprising by the South Vietnamese people against the Southern
government
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| American Involvement in Vietnam War |
 Although
Johnson pledged that "We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10
thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing
for themselves" And called Vietnam a "Damn little pissant country" he is
a central figure in the US involvement in Vietnam. Several theories
tell the story. |
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| The Beginning of Vietnam War |
Ngo Dinh Diem was appointed prime
minister, with Bao Dai as president as a result of the Geneva accords.
Vietnam was split along the 17th parallel into 2 countries: North and
South Vietnam. During the separation, 860 thousand fled to South
Vietnam from the north and 50 thousand from south to north. |
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| Vietnam War Introduction |
Vietnam was split into two in
1954, as part of the Geneva accords. It had a communist government in
the north, and a democratic south. A series of events led up to a full
scale war between the two countries which included not only the
Vietnamese, but people from America, Australia, and other nations. |
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| French Intervention (1883 AD - 1954 AD) |
Vietnamese were no happier living under French domination
than they had been under the Chinese. In 1893, Emperor Ham Nghi
and Phan Dinh Phung organised a royalist movement, Can Voung staged
an unsuccessful uprising at Ha Tinh. The Can Vuong movement lasted
until one of the leaders was killed by a traitor. |
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| Nguyen Dynasty (1792 AD - 1883 AD) |
| In 1792, Nguyen Hue suddenly died. His son, Quang
Toan, succeeded the throne at the age of 11. Being a child, he
was unable to rule the court properly. Neither could he curb the
rising threat by Nguyen Anh. Nguyen Anh resisted against the Tay
Son brothers and extended control over the country with the aid
of a French missionary, Monsignor Pigneau de Behaine, Bishop of
Adran. |
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| Le Dynasty (1428 AD - 1776 AD) |
 The oppressed people found a new leader in Le
Loi, a man renowned for his courage and generosity. Under the
title Prince of Pacification, he organised a resistance movement
against China. He managed to drive out the invaders and restoring
the country. |
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| Ho Dynasty (1400 AD - 1428 AD) |
Le Qui Ly(Ho Qui Ly) , a minister of the court
took advantage of his aunt's marriage to the king. He usurped
the throne from the Trans in 1400 and changed the name of the
country into Dai Ngu. The capital was in Tay Do(Thanh Hoa). |
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| Tran Dynasty (1225 AD - 1400 AD) |
| An ambitious commoner, Tran Canh, married the
Ly Dynasty's last queen, Chieu Hoang. He shrewdly plotted and
manoeuvred his way to power and finally founded the Tran Dynasty.
During this period, Buddhism, which had become predominant under
the Ly Dynasty continued to play an important role, but it was
subsequently weakened by co-existence with Confucianism, Taoism
and various other popular beliefs and customs. |
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| Ly Dynasty (1009 AD - 1225 AD) |
 The Ly, who reigned the country for more than
two centuries, were the first of the enduring national dynasties.
Ly Cong Uan was a disciple of a famous monk, Van Hanh, who helped
him rise to power in the Hoa Lu court. Assuming the name of Ly
Thai To, the new sovereign inaugurated his dynasty with a change
of capital. The capital was named Thang Long (Ascending Dragon)
after the King saw an apparition of an ascending dragon.
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| Early Le Dynasty (980 AD - 1009 AD) |
| With the Queen Mother's blessing, Le Hoan dethroned Dinh Bo Linh's
heir and proclaimed himself King Le Dai Hanh. He retained the
capital in Hoa Lu and succeeded in warding off several Chinese
invasions by the Song court, but continued paying them tributes
every three years in exchange for friendly relations. |
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| Dinh Dynasty |
The most powerful of the twelve feudal lords, Dinh Bo Linh, reunified
the fragmented country under the name of Dai Co Viet and took
the imperial title of Dinh Tien Hoang De (The First August Emperor
Dinh). Well aware of the Chinese Song Dynasty's military might,
Dinh Bo Linh negotiated a non-aggression treaty in exchange for
tributes payable to the Chinese every three years. This set the
foundation of future relations with China that were to last for
centuries. |
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| Ngo Dynasty |
| The Ngo Dynasty (Vietnamese: Nha Ngo; Han tu: ??, Ngo
Trieu; 939-967) was a dynasty in Vietnam. Around the year 930 AD, as
Ngo Quyen (??) rose to power, northern Vietnam was a province and
vassal state of China and was
referred to as Giao Chi (??). |
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| Period of Chinese domination (111 BC – 938 AD) |
| In 111 BC, Chinese troops invaded Nam Vi?t and established new territories,
dividing Vietnam into Giao Chi (Chinese: pinyin: Jiaozhi, now the Red
River delta); Cuu Chân from modern-day Thanh Hoá to Hà Tinh; and Nhat Nam, from
modern-day Quang Bình to Hue. |
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