Lost The War Against Vietnam? During the 1900’s‚ Vietnam was one of the various countries across the world which fought for independence in order to decolonize from the European super powers. This steady process of decolonization was mooted by nationalism and encouraged by the actions of a resistance group of native leaders; all fighting for independence like Ho Chi Minh. This fight for independence caused a split of the nation into two different parts; North and South Vietnam. The communist north
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The Vietnam War had a tremendous social‚ environmental‚ political and economic impact upon both parties that fought. The most direct impact of the Vietnam War was the staggering death toll on both sides‚ with 1.35 million total deaths‚ 1.1 million of which were North Vietnamese troops. . (Sparknotes Editors‚ 2015) Between the years of 1965 and 1971‚ US planes dropped over two million tonnes of bombs on the jungles of Vietnam. This was part of the US’s new plan‚ “Operation Rolling Thunder”‚ the aim
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"The tactics used by the Vietcong in Vietnam were unsuccessful" The Vietcong were a communist movement in the South who were against the South Vietnamese government and the USA’s involvement with the civil war. The use of tactics (the plans‚ weapons and battle strategies used in war) were prime in minds of the Vietcong and they went to all means to gain the upper hand in the conflict. For example the use of booby traps‚ tunnels and trails. Some like the Ho Chi Minh trail were a huge success among
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December ‚ 2012 Candidate: Words:1998 Working Title: Lyndon B. Johnson’s Policies on Vietnam Thesis Question: To what extent did Johnson continue Kennedy’s foreign policy concerning Vietnam? Thesis statement: Johnson starts to follow Kennedy’s policies of containment in Vietnam but realizing the commitment needed to win the war‚ he eventually causes a much larger American involvement in Vietnam. Table of Contents Section Page Part A:Plan of Investigation
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Asia. China and North Korea became communist and communism continued to spread south as Vietnam became independent from the French after the battle of Dien Bien Phu resulting in the country being split at the 17th parallel into communist North and non-communist South. The United States entered the war to stop the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia‚ as they feared that Communist forces would gain control of Vietnam. Australia being an ally of the US and for certain other reason entered the war. However
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Why did the USA Withdraw from Vietnam? US military tactics The US military attempted to handle the Vietnam war with tactics similar to what they learned in World War II. They had used tanks to break through the enemy front line and the infantry would follow‚ not having to break the frontline themselves made this easier. This had worked effectively in World War II but there were no jungles in Europe‚ Tanks found it impossible to force their way through the jungle thanks to trees and vegetation
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Politics and Language in Vietnam George Orwell’s essay “Politics and the English Language” written in 1946 discusses how language can be used to obscure what one is saying. Orwell states that language can be snow obscuring details (2). He talks of how politicians use this to their advantage when trying to win the public’s opinion. Some twenty years this is exemplified by the US’s involvement in Veitnam. The famous statement “We had to destroy the village in order to save” is what Orwell was describing
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The Impact of the Vietnam War On Vietnam Veterans and their Families And the Impact of the Australian Culture The Vietnam War had a lasting impact on Vietnam Veterans‚ who although they fought their hardest for their country‚ they returned to a country who saw them as less than heroes. They suffered both psychological and medical problems from open battles‚ sniper attacks and chemical warfare‚ and stress from war-life. Although the Vietnam War had some negative impacts‚ the Vietnam War was the turning
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Unit 1 D6: Ideology‚ Conflict and Retreat; the USA in Asia‚ 1950-73 A: The Korean War‚ 1950-53; causes‚ course and consequences Background to the Korean War Korea had been under Japanese occupation since 1910. With the defeat of Japan in 1945 the USA and USSR agreed to divide the country into two zones along the 38th Parallel. The United Nations demanded free elections for the whole country and was supported by the USA which did not see this as a permanent division and believed that since
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