AQA GCSE History · 8145
Paper 1
The communist-led National Liberation Front established in 1960, which fought against the South Vietnamese government and US involvement.
Revise: Significance of AsiaIt is important to distinguish the organisations involved: the Viet Minh fought France; the later Vietcong, or National Liberation Front, fought the South Vietnamese government and US involvement. The conflicts were connected, but these names are not interchangeable.
- Revise: End of French Colonial Rule
The communist-led guerrilla forces in South Vietnam that sought to overthrow Diem’s government and reunify Vietnam.
- Revise: The US Involvement
Communist guerrillas fighting against Diem’s government in South Vietnam.
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- Revise: Johnson’s War
South Vietnamese communist guerrillas who fought against the South Vietnamese government and its American supporters.
- Revise: Nixon’s War
A communist guerrilla movement fighting against the South Vietnamese government and its American allies.