Background to the Vietnam War

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Across
  1. 5. The Asian country that supported North Vietnam
  2. 6. The US president during the Geneva Accords
  3. 9. The capital of North Vietnam
  4. 10. Public upset with America’s overseas military involvement after the controversy of the Vietnam War
  5. 11. The country that took control of Vietnam during WWII
  6. 14. The leader of the Vietminh
  7. 16. The commonly used name for the National Liberation Front
Down
  1. 1. A government that is appointed whose decisions are made by another group or country
  2. 2. The name for the French colony that included Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos
  3. 3. The city where a Buddhist monk set himself on fire to protest the government
  4. 4. The city the French bombed which began the First Indochina war with Vietnam
  5. 7. The European country that supported North Vietnam
  6. 8. The battle where the French were defeated during the First Indochina War
  7. 12. When one country formally aligns itself with another for a military or other purpose.
  8. 13. The US president who sent combat troops to Vietnam
  9. 15. The form of tactics used by the Viet Cong