The Formation of the NLF

when was the NLF established

December 1960

who established the NLF

North Vietnamese leadership

what does NLF stand for

National Liberation Front

what was the NLF

a nationalist organisation in SV

what was the purpose of the NLF

to free SV from what NV saw as US imperialism

what was the aim of the NLF

to create unified, sovereign, independent Vietnam

why was the NLF popular with the South Vietnamese

it rejected Diem’s quasi imperialist policies & its determination to promote nationalism and the reunification of an independent Vietnam

describe Diem’s quasi-imperialistic policies

Diem embarked on a campaign to root out & destroy communists in SV, largely ignoring the interests of the majority of the population, particularly the rural peasantry. Local councils were replaced by gov appointed officials of whom many were Catholic (reminded them of their former French colonial masters)

what drove many SV to commit to the NLF

The nationalistic and democratic imperatives of the NLF

who was a major influence on the formation and character of the NLF

Ho Chi Minh

what was the relationship between nationalism and communism within the NLF

there was a symbiotic & mutually supportive relationship between nationalism and communism in the NLF

there was a common acceptance of….between communist & nationalist members of the NLF

the USA as the shared enemy of Vietnam

the NLFs leader was…

a figurehead

where was the real leadership of the NLF

in Hanoi with Ho Chi Minh

why was the NLF presented as a southern nationalist/resistance movement

in order to not breach the agreements of the Geneva Conference which had forbidden NV from placing its own forces in SV

who did the NLFs political manifesto appeal to

intellectuals, students, middle & rural working class

what was the NLFs political manifesto called

10-point programme

what was the NLFs manifestos primary focus on?

nationalism