HIST 3121H Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Mashhad, Ngo Dinh Diem, 3 Women
5 Apr 2016
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Saw inspiraion in the us: communist- made him into the greatest enemy of the us. Lead to war and become the longest and unpopular war in history so far. Indochina french colony unil 1954: vietnam, louse, cambodia, one of the most, if not the most important colony in the french empire. French suppressed the people: during ww2 japan began to take over french indochina. Lead ho chi minh to ight against the japanese and the french. Viet minh: resistance group ighing against japanese occupaion and french colonial rule, us, under roosevelt, supplied these men with troops, equipment, etc, fighing against japanese. Then he said the people of indochina deserve something beter- independence: yet they did litle to help. Truman would emphasis the struggle against the soviet union: changed how vietnam was viewed. Only seen as a tool of the soviet union- not a disinct naion. Provide inancial assistance, arms and equipment, troops, etc. to keep the.
