HUMAN 1C Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Tet Offensive, Domino Theory, Defoliant
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Lecture 4: coming home: transformation of the soldie. August 1945 - the japanese surrender and remove troops from vietnam. September 22, 1945 - colonial french troops reasserted their control of. 1954 - french defeated at the battle of dien bien phu. That same year, at a conference in geneva, the country divided into north vietnam and. South vietnam with a demilitarized zone (dmz) in between. Americans were afraid that ho chi minh would win election, so us worked to establish an independent vietnam. 2. 7 million americans served in vietnam (25% were draftees in. 3. 5 million americans served ni the greater s e asian theater (vietnam, cambodia, laos, and thailand) North vietnam - backed by china and the soviet union. South vietnam - by america (joined by force from austrailia, new zealand, Communism would spread from china, to soviet, then to the rest of south. Most americans and commanders really thought that viets would be celebrating their tet new year.
