Viet Nam -- 1940-1960

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1. This man was Emperor (1925-45) and Premier (1949) of Viet Nam, in collaboration with the Japanese and then the French. Ho Chi Minh Vo Nguyen Giap Ngo Dinh Diem Bao Dai

2. Ho Chi Minh collaborated with this agency, helping them to oust the Japanese. This organization later became the CIA. Secret Air Service (SAS) National Security Agency (NSA) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) Office of Strategic Services (OSS)

3. Ho Chi Minh wrote several letters to this American president, asking him to recognize Viet Nam's independence from France. John F. Kennedy Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Dwight Eisenhower

4. France's attempt to recolonize Viet Nam, from 1946-54, is sometimes called this. The French Indochina Liberation War The Second Indochina War The First Indochina War The Liberation of Viet Nam

5. In 1941 Vietnamese nationalists established the League for the Independence of Viet Nam. During the war against France it was called the ___ ? Viet Minh Long Dao Viet Cong Long Chi

6. This nation gave considerable support to the French as they started their campaigns in Viet Nam. There were as many as 26,000 of this nation's troops in the country in 1945. United States South Africa China Great Britain

7. Defeats by the Viet Minh at these two places in the fall of 1950 brought French Army morale to an all time low. Hanoi and Haiphong Quang Tri and Hue Red River Delta and Mekong Delta Dong Khe and Cao Bang

8. In May, 1953 this general assumed command of French forces and went to Paris to plead for more troops and for American material support. Henri Petain Jean Lacouture Henri Navarre Raoul Salan

9. The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ended at 17:30 hours on 7 May 1954. True False

10. Representatives of major combatants and several involved nations met at this city to partition Viet Nam and set up free elections in 1956. San Francisco, California, USA Paris, France Geneva, Switzerland Vienna, Austria