Vietnam+War

Cynthia Antenor

Vietnam War- 1959- April 1975


 * mid-ninteenth century Vietnam became a colony of France and then Japan gained control over it during WWII
 * When Japan was defeated (1945) the furture of postwar Vientam was not clear
 * 1. French wanted to regain control over it
 * during the war they wokred with the Japanese with in Vietnam
 * 2. The Vietminh- a party in which the natioanalists chose to organize themselves in -->wanted to obtain control of it ( created 1941)
 * led by Ho Chi Minh- communist
 * during the war they attempted to fight against the Japanese
 * when Japan fell during the war t Vietminh,under Ho Chi Minh

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