LIFE IN VIETNAM DURING WWII

FRENCH INDOCHINA WAR

• North vs. South
• Communist
• Anti communist

FRENCH INDOCHINA WAR

• Result:
• French left Indochina
• End of first Indochina war

DIEN BIEN PHU

• Guerrilla warfare tactics:
• Vietminh dug trenches
• Surprise tactics

DIEN BIEN PHU

• War that ended war
• Split north south
• 15,000 casualties
• Elections

DOMINO THEORY

• Created by the U.S.
• Fall to communism

NORTH VS. SOUTH

• U.S. goal: prevent
• North vs. South Vietnam
• Result:
• Didn't spread