HIST 1F95 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Gulf Of Tonkin Incident, Tet Offensive
17 Feb 2017
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South and southeast asia: carpet bombings and killing. Vietnam war (1955/64 - 1975): the background: indochina: area in southeast asia engul ng modern thailand, laos, cambodia and vietnam, geneva agreement: an agreement reached for france to pull out of indo-china in 1954. split. Vietnam into north and south on the 17th parallel: ho chi minh: president of the democratic republic of vietnam in north vietnam. Leader of the viet minh: viet minh: national independence league. Anti-french and anti-japanese: national liberation front for south vietnam (viet cong): opposition to u. s and south. Vietnam, military unit, political organization, allied with north vietnam: tonkin gulf incident / resolution: Nature of war: my lai massacre (1968): mass killing of between 347-504 unarmed civilians. committed by. Tet offensive (1968) and u. s. withdrawal: us president nixon: begins talks to end the war, saigon 1975: capital of south vietnam captured by viet cong and the national people army of vietnam. in 1975.
