The Vietnam War

Where: Vietnam

When: 1955-1975

What happened?

-France tried to take over Vietnam and failed.

-France left a government in the South.

-Communists set up in Hanoi.

-Many people left and went South to the president Ngo Dinh Diem and formed a republic.

-The Communists tried to take over the South.

-November 1963 Diem was executed.

-Aided by the China and Russia the Communists tried to take over the whole country.

-In the end the North beat the South in 1975.

Here is a map of Vietnam:

  By: Caitríona & Martin