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was the final battle of the first Indo-China war. Lasting 55 days‚ the battle had French troops attempt to hold an armed camp against the Viet Minh‚ who greatly out-numbered them. Dien Bien Phu was situated in a valley in Northern Vietnam‚ surrounded by mountains. The French believed this strategic setting would give them an advantage‚ but the Viet Minh were clever. They tunnelled their way into the the French camp and after seven weeks of brutal‚ intense fighting the French commander; Henri Navarre
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Notice for Scholars This monograph was originally published as the September 1972 issue of Southeast Asian Perspectives‚ a publication of the American Friends of Vietnam‚ an organization which was formed in 1955 and prior to its demise two decades later included on its board such diverse figures as Senators John F. Kennedy and Mike Mansfield‚ Socialist Party Chairman Norman Thomas‚ and Journalist Robert Shaplen. It is reprinted here with the permission of the author. Please note that in formatting
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The Vietnam War War affects millions of people in different ways everyday. The United States government involvement in the Vietnam War only led to millions more deaths of american and vietamese people. The United States started sending military around 1957 to assist the south vietemese army known as the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. By the time the United States government withdrew there men they left vietnamin an even worse condition then when they arrived. The United States government should
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Guerrilla force the most important reason why the US withdrew from Vietnam? During the Cold War between Russia and America in the years 1945 – 1991 another conflict between the communist North of Vietnam ruled by Ho Chi Minh and the anti-communist south ruled by Diem began in 1959. Ho chi minh supporters in the south known as the Vietcong began trying to overthrow Diem’s corrupt government. Diem asked America for help to defeat the Vietcong to which they were more than eager to help as if they were defeated
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the French later retook it after Japans defeat‚ the French negated Japans original promise. Ho Chi Minh was a revolutionary who wanted to pursue Japans original promise. Leading the independence movement against France he established a new communist ruled party in his goal to unify Vietnam. (The Northern Chinese controlled and the Southern French controlled Vietnam.) When France was defeated by Ho Chi Minh and his followers they were pushed back out of South Vietnam. In fear that Vietnam and Asia
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Vietnam War was fought during the cold war on 1 November 1955 - 30 April 1975. The Vietnam War was a war fought between the North and South Vietnam mainly‚ but in later year the US would join in to help South Vietnam ward off the communist mind of Ho Chi Minh and North Vietnam. The Vietnam today is no longer called a war in fact no war since World War I and II have been wars. Instances like Vietnam have merely been police interference or police actions. There are still some arguments on why and how the
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At the peak of the Cold War‚ the US faced many social and international issues. Some of the decision that were made in the 1960s‚ still affect Americans today. People were mostly concerned with the idea of the draft and being sent to fight in a war that has lost its purpose. The main reason that America was still fighting in vietnam was the idea of the domino effect where if Vietnam were to fall to communism‚ the rest of Southeast Asia would follow. While president‚ Nixon took an immoral stance where
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August Revolution Introduction The August Revolution‚ also called the August General Uprising (and known in the West as the Vietnamese Revolution) by the Indochinese Communist Party‚ was a revolution in Vietnam. On August 19‚ 1945‚ the Việt Minh under Hồ Chí Minh began a revolution against French colonial rule in Vietnam. From August 19 onwards‚ demonstrations and uprisings against French rule broke out in cities and towns throughout Vietnam. Given Japan had surrendered to the Allies at the end of
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resulted in the invasion of Japanese’s forces into French Indochina (725). In 1946‚ France declared war against the Communist Party of Vietnam‚ led by Ho Chi Minh‚ who was fighting for liberation of colonial power (“The Cold War in Asia”). The war lasted 9 years and it resulted in the creation of two nation-states: North Vietnam controlled by Ho Chi Minh and South Vietnam controlled by Ngo Dinh Diem and supported by
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