Chapter 17: Describe the origins and development

of the Vietnam War.

(Also, take a handout from the

projector cart)

From the late 1800s until WW2, France ruled

Indochina as a colony.

Ho Chi Minh, leader of communist party,

wanted independence for Vietnam.

USA supported the French.

1956, France leaves &

Vietnam is divided into a

communist north and pro-West

south.

http://www.learnhistory.org.uk/vietnam/dombino.gif

Under JFK and LBJ (1961-1969), the USA

greatly increased the war in Vietnam.

American troops faced guerilla warfare and a

war of attrition.

Americans grew discouraged as the death toll

increased and official reports contradicted

the reality of the war.

The Road to War:

http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-

war/vietnam-war-history/videos/the-road-

to-war?m=528e38969e64d

Photographing Vietnam:

http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-

war/vietnam-war-history/videos/camera-

martyrs-of-

vietnam?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1

&free=false

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=NQr3B5QmKrV9nM&tbnid=THR70BjVeFtWKM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://sbmhist128.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/the-vietnam-war/&ei=-oJuU-PfKtjpoASPjYCQDw&bvm=bv.66330100,d.cGU&psig=AFQjCNGgDRlgSS-h9seegUc0jVR-h7LmPw&ust=1399837764302676

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=g6MSdDIjjGUukM&tbnid=du3kfhPHQ5HDxM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://www.nbcnews.com/news/other/vietnam-war-photos-still-powerful-nearly-50-years-later-f8C11404994&ei=x4JuU9CyGYrooATqm4L4Bg&bvm=bv.66330100,d.cGU&psig=AFQjCNGgDRlgSS-h9seegUc0jVR-h7LmPw&ust=1399837764302676

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=MT7Of6uTG-5OPM&tbnid=Q0bIlR7Gl80D2M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://blogs.wsj.com/photojournal/2012/05/11/horst-faass-vietnam-war-photos/&ei=o4JuU--ANIaIogT8u4LQBQ&bvm=bv.66330100,d.cGU&psig=AFQjCNESRhNmtee43Jub0vUhBDYq9rVb0w&ust=1399837727994926