us policy and intervention p2
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- US policy and intervention p2 1954-64
- The Vietcong -
- an anti-south government group set up in South vietnam
- set up in 1960
- because there was much anger and frustration at Diem's failure to hold the elections agreed at geneva
- they wanted to overthrow Diem and make a new gov
- they wanted to unify vietnam
- they used guerrilla tactics
- the US response
- they sent 16,000 advisers to s.v to train the ARVN to fight the vietcong
- they failed to defeat the vietcong
- there was a language barrier between the vietnamese and the US
- the US troops were unable to stop the vietcong from coming at night once they had left
- the USA supported the ARVN which was seen as part of Diem's corrupt gov
- after kennedy died, johnson increased advisers to 20,000
- Strategic hamlet programme
- introduced by Diem, and supported by US
- it saw around 5,000 new villages built in s.v
- march 1962
- Why? =
- Diem was unpopular and wanted to win the people back
- the hidden reason was to stop vietcong using peasant villages for food and shelter
- Why did it fail? =
- the new villages needed inhabitants, so people were forced to move against their will
- peasants didn't want to travel further to their rice fields
- not enough food provided by Diem, so some faced starvation
- Consequences-
- Diem lost support
- membership of vietcong and NLF increased by 300% in 2 years
- led to kennedy to increase US involvement
- Fall of Diem -
- Why =
- lost the Battle of Ap Bac (s.v vs vietcong)
- Diem attacked a buddhist procession
- Quang Duc burnt himself alive
- US announced they do not support Diem anymore
- Diem was removed from power by the ARVN and assassinated
- Why =
- The gulf of Tonkin incident 1964 -
- when three N.V boats fired at the USS Maddox
- Events -
- august 2 - maddox was approached by 3 n.v boats
- maddox sent warning shots, and n.v boats attacked back
- there was some confusion whether or not there was another attack
- august 2 - maddox was approached by 3 n.v boats
- Results -
- Johnson ordered airstrikes on N.V
- n.v increased number of supplies and troops going to s.v
- The Vietcong -
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