US Involvement in Vietnam

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Across
  1. 2. The country that ruled in Vietnam during the Second World War
  2. 5. The class of people who were mainly farmers who lived in the countryside.
  3. 6. The conflict which saw a change of rulers in Vietnam from a European to Asian power.
  4. 8. The political belief that is the polar opposite to capitalism.
  5. 9. The communist fighters that helped North Vietnam in the south
  6. 10. The US president which succeeded Harry Truman and began to help the French fight the Vietnamese.
  7. 11. The newly formed southern Vietnamese country created after the Geneva Accords
  8. 13. The first leader of South Vietnam, supported by the Americans
  9. 14. The country which turned communist in 1949 and began supplying Vietnam with arms and materials.
Down
  1. 1. The country that was the colonial rulers of Vietnam
  2. 2. The US president who succeeded Eisenhower.
  3. 3. The incident which allowed President Johnson to increase American involvement in Vietnam
  4. 4. The US president who succeeded John F Kennedy
  5. 7. The political theory that believes that if one country falls to communism, the surrounding countries will also become communist.
  6. 12. The leader of the communist Vietnamese resistance during and after World War Two