Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War was the longest war in Australia’s history. From the time Australia arrived at Vietnam in 1962 almost 60 000 Australians served in the war. 521 had died from the war and over 3000 were wounded. The war was the greatest social and political dispute since the referendums of World War 1. During the war it started to show that the attitudes towards the Vietnam War started to change in Australia. Propaganda started to spread in Australia about being part of
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Although the Vietnam War happened many years ago‚ it affected The United States then and it still affects us now; that is why it’s important for all Americans to know the dynamics of the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War brings forth many questions for Americans who didn’t live through it. Many are unsure of why we were there‚ how we were involved‚ what were the conflicts‚ and how it still affects us. The United States involvement in the Vietnam War was questioned by many Americans‚ but how exactly
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The Vietnam War Should Not Have Been Fought The Vietnam War The Vietnam War is truly one of the most unique wars ever fought by the Unites States of by any country. It was never officially declared a war . It had no official beginning nor an official end. It was fought over 10‚000 miles away in a virtually unknown country. The enemy and the allies looked exactly the alike‚ and may by day be a friend but by night become an enemy. It matched the tried and true tactics of World
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The Vietnam War As seen in Hearts and Minds The documentary film‚ Hearts and Minds‚ by Peter Davis; illustrates the brutal nature and different perspectives of the people involved in the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War is considered as one of the longest and horrific wars in American history. American soldiers involved in the War have diverse reactions of their experiences and encounters during the war. The Vietnamese believed that‚ “Americans were evil and the Vietnamese simply were fighting merely
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This photograph taken by Eddie Adams on 1st February 1968 during the Vietnam War shows the execution of Vietcong officer Nguyen Van Lem‚ also known as Bay Lop by South Vietnamese Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan‚ chief of the national police. The prisoner’s hands are tied as “Colonel” is about to pull the trigger. This picture was taken in the city of Saigon on the second day of the Tet Offensive; a series of attacks on all of South Vietnam’s major cities by the communist North Vietnamese and Vietcong rebels
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whether or not America should have fought in the Vietnam war has been unclear for many decades. There are many different opinions that say‚ we should of fought for Vietnam to be free‚ we should of remained neutral‚ but the United States government threw their support behind the French so they could maintain their colonial empire. America did this out of their fear of communism spreading to South Vietnam and to stop the spreading worldwide. Although the Vietnam War and the decisions that happened occurred
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From 1946 to 1954‚ Ho Chi Minh led Vietnam to get their independence from France. At the end of the revolution‚ Vietnam was divided into two parts by the 17th parallel creating North and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was run by Ho Chi Minh and his communist ideology and was an ally of The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and People’s Republic of China. On the other hand‚ South Vietnam was run by Ngo Dinh Diem with a democratic ideology and was an ally of France and The United States. Ho Chi Minh
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The Vietnam War was the longest deployment of U.S. forces in hostile action in the history of the American republic. Although there is no formal declaration of war from which to date U.S. entry‚ President John F. Kennedy’s decision to send over 2‚000 military advisers to South Vietnam in 1961 marked the beginning of twelve years of American military combat. U.S. unit combat began in 1965 (Anderson‚ 1999). During this time there were many significant lessons that were learned and still affect the
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The public distaste for the Vietnam War had a huge effect on the cold War and Proxy war. Richard Nixon was elected President after promising that he end the war honorably and get our troops home. The Vietnam War left a lasting effect on how proxy wars are conducted today. The US is today more likely to just provide aid and assistance rather than sending in ground forces as proxies (Trueman‚ 2017). The reluctance of the US to send ground troops to Syria during its civil war is proof that the US
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Essay: Explain the impacts the Vietnam War had on soldiers. The Vietnam was a war like no other and the nature of the fighting in this war had great impacts on the soldiers. At this time‚ communism was seen as a great threat‚ especially by Western countries‚ and so extreme emphasis was placed on the domino theory that when one country falls to communism‚ others would follow and that forward defence would be the only solution to this issue. Also during this time‚ Vietnam was artificially split into
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