History Vietnam war topics 1 and 2 dates

Vietnamese independence day

Japan formally surrendered

2nd September 1945

Date at which there were 50000 french troops in vietnam

December 1945

Date Ho Chi minh signed agreement to stop violence in south

September 1946

Number of deaths in first indochina war

365000

Number of soldiers lost when giap tried to change tactics away from guerrilla warfare

14000 out of 20000

Number of soldiers at dien bien phu (3)

60000 soldiers, 50000 reserve troops, 200000 civilians supporting

Number of artillery guns + where from

200 - china

number of french troops at dien bien phu

15000

Time that dien bien phu lasted for

56 days

number of Vietnamese casualties at dien bien phu

22000

date of geneva agreement

June 1954

Percent + amount of 1st indochina war paid by us + when

80 percent - $3 bn. By 1954

number of people who died in famine + when

2 million - 1945

Emperor of french indochina + when he ruled

Bao Dai - 1926 to 1945

How long did people have to move north/south after geneva conference

300 days

when would elections for a united vietnam be held

july 1956

where would north + south vietnam be split

17th parallel

when was first indochina war from

1946 - 1954

How many people supposedly voted for diem

605k out of 450k who lived there - 98.2 percent

How many suspected communists were arrested/ killed by the ARVN + in what year

65000 arrested, 2000 killed, 12000 sent to re-education camps - 1957

number of buddhists who marched in protest of diem + when

10000 - 10th may 1963

number of people impacted by ho chi minhs policies + when

4 million helped by land reform + 8 mil by rent reduction - 1953 to 1956

number of SV officials assasinated a year

4000

who was NLF + when were they set up

coalition of 12 nationalist anti diem groups. Set up in december 1960

how many advisers were sent to SV in kennedy’s presidency

16000 - 1961-1963

how many arvn soldiers were there by the end of kennedy’s presidency

170000

how much money did the us spend supporting diem + in what year

$270 mil - 1961

how many strategic hamlets were set up + when did programme start

3000 - jan 1962

how many people were in strategic hamlets at the programmes peak

by summer 1963, 2/3 of population

what date was diem assasinated on

2nd nov 1963

how many vietminh soldiers were there by january 1965

170000

how many advisors were in vietnam by the end of 1964

20000

what was the gulf of tonkin and when was it

NV troops opened fire of us spying ship. 2nd august 1964

what was the gulf of tonkin resolution and when was it passed

allowed LBJ to do what he wanted in vietnam. 7th August 1964

What was operation rolling thunder + when was it passed

air raid on NV. February 1965 - 68

How many troops were in vietnam by 1965 and 1968

200000 and 586000

how much was us involvement costing by Feb 1965

$2 million daily