The French started to integrate more Western ideals, education, and religion including, for the first time introducing Christianity. The Modern Vietnam that we know today, was created from the French colonialism . Around 1883 France gained control of all Vietnam. After WWII, Vietnam gained independence but France still ruled the country Until Ho Chil Mihn took over in 1954. In 1959, North Vietnam began and forced a policy to reunify the country, which led to the outbreak of the American War in Vietnam. On August 2, 1964, the U.S destroyer Maddox exchanged shots with North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin. Two days later, the Massox and another destroyer reported once again coming under fire. Although most historians, including those employed by the U.S military, have since concluded that the second of those attacks never actually occurred, it served as the pretext for an immediate ramp-up of the Vietnam War. By the end of the day, President Lydon B. Johnson had ordered retaliatory air strikes, and by late 1965 some 180,000 American troops were on the ground, with more on the way. The Tet Offensive was a military campaign that took place during the Vietnam War. It began on January 31, 1968. The offensive was a strategic attack aimed or planned on the US and South Vietnamses military and civilian command centres in South Vietnam. The NVA and NLF hoped that it would end the war very quickly. It is known as the Tet Offensive because it began on the morning of Tet Nguyen Dan, the first day of the year on the Vietnamese lunar calendar. Around 80,000 communist troops attacked more than 100 towns and cities, suprising the US and South Vietnamese armies and taking them by surprise. The Battle of Hue lasted a month, and fighting at Khe Sanh continued for two more months. Forty years after they won the war, the Communist Party still rules Vietnam with an iron fist. After, there was a bad capitalism, corruption, and
The French started to integrate more Western ideals, education, and religion including, for the first time introducing Christianity. The Modern Vietnam that we know today, was created from the French colonialism . Around 1883 France gained control of all Vietnam. After WWII, Vietnam gained independence but France still ruled the country Until Ho Chil Mihn took over in 1954. In 1959, North Vietnam began and forced a policy to reunify the country, which led to the outbreak of the American War in Vietnam. On August 2, 1964, the U.S destroyer Maddox exchanged shots with North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin. Two days later, the Massox and another destroyer reported once again coming under fire. Although most historians, including those employed by the U.S military, have since concluded that the second of those attacks never actually occurred, it served as the pretext for an immediate ramp-up of the Vietnam War. By the end of the day, President Lydon B. Johnson had ordered retaliatory air strikes, and by late 1965 some 180,000 American troops were on the ground, with more on the way. The Tet Offensive was a military campaign that took place during the Vietnam War. It began on January 31, 1968. The offensive was a strategic attack aimed or planned on the US and South Vietnamses military and civilian command centres in South Vietnam. The NVA and NLF hoped that it would end the war very quickly. It is known as the Tet Offensive because it began on the morning of Tet Nguyen Dan, the first day of the year on the Vietnamese lunar calendar. Around 80,000 communist troops attacked more than 100 towns and cities, suprising the US and South Vietnamese armies and taking them by surprise. The Battle of Hue lasted a month, and fighting at Khe Sanh continued for two more months. Forty years after they won the war, the Communist Party still rules Vietnam with an iron fist. After, there was a bad capitalism, corruption, and