World History, Grades 9-12

0

0

100 Miles

200 Kilometers

National Liberation

Front (Vietcong)

Saigon government

Contested areas

Areas controlled in 1973

War in Vietnam, 1957–1973

1968—U.S. Marines at the Battle of Hue

1965—U.S. bombing of North Vietnam

1975—Evacuation of the U.S. embassy in Saigon

SOUTH

VIETNAM

LAOS

CHINA

CAMBODIA

NORTH

VIETNAM

Gulf of

Tonkin

Gulf of

Thailand

South

China

Sea

Me

kon

gR

.

Mekong

Delta

Hainan

20 °N

15 °N

10 °N^110 °

E

105

°E

Hanoi Haiphong

Vihn

Dong Hoi

Hue

Da Nang

Chulai

Kon Tum

Saigon

Bien Hoa

Phnom

Penh

Cam Rahn

Bay

Dien Bien

Phu

Ho

Ch

iM

ihn

Tra

il

Demarcation

Line, 1954

U.S. Seventh

Fleet, 1964

GEOGRAPHY SKILLBUILDER:Interpreting Maps
1.Human-Environment InteractionDid the Saigon
government or the Vietcong control more of South
Vietnam in 1973?
2.MovementThrough what other countries did North
Vietnamese troops move to invade South Vietnam?