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    Why did the United States Withdraw From the Vietnam War? The United States withdrew from the Vietnam War for several reasons. The Army had to fight in unfamiliar territory‚ was lacking in moral‚ were not prepared for the conditions‚ could not shut down the Ho Chi Minh Trail‚ and were untrained to respond to guerilla warfare. This combination of disadvantages and the loss of public support led to the United States withdrawing from Vietnam. The United States Army was forced to fight in a new land that

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    Throughout the Vietnam War‚ the Americans used many tactics to defeat the Vietcong. The reason for the American involvement in the war was to prevent the spread of communism. This spread was known as the Domino theory. Two of the tactics used were ‘Search and destroy’ and ‘defoliation.’ Both of these tactics were used greatly throughout the War. As well as this‚ both tactics were implemented by General Westmoreland. There were two kinds of Search and Destroy and they were search and destroy in

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    Q. Why did the French loose the war in Vietnam? In April of 1956 the last remaining French troops would leave Vietnam. After over 200 years of influence and rule‚ the French at last realized that the occupation and control of Vietnam was an unreachable goal. In consideration of the many blunders (both militarily and political) ‚ and the outright ignorance of the French high command‚ any efforts to stabilize Vietnamese nationalism and to maintain french rule over Vietnam were thwarted. Thus

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    in the war in the first place was to stop the domino theory and to prevent vietnam from becoming communist. The war went on for many years and in the end‚ vietnam still became communist. Unpopular for presidents President of American Nixon became very unpopular because of the Vietnam war. A lot of american soldiers were drafted and dragged into the war. American civilians also saw what the American soldiers did to the vietnamese civilians. No press censorship The American war in Vietnam grew

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    The Vietnam War     -A History project- Nadine Gan‚ Grade 9 Part One. The Overview History ~ French Indochina ~ Vietnamisation ~ Epilogue Vietnam  was  a  part  of  the  French  colony‚  Indo-­‐China.  Then  at  September   1940‚   the   Japanese   decided   to   invade   Vietnam   to   prevent   China   from   sending   supplies   through   French   Indo-­‐China.   Having   invaded   by

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    The Vietnam War Of all of the wars fought by the United States‚ the Vietnam War was by far the most controversial. After the defeat of French forces‚ Vietnam was divided into two sections: North Vietnam‚ and South Vietnam. North Vietnam became a Communist government under Ho Chi Minh‚ and South Vietnam eventually became a Republic under Ngo Dinh Diem. Under Diem ’s oppressive rule‚ the Viet Cong (those against Diem) grew in power‚ and the U.S. reacted to the Communist threat by sending in troops

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    The Vietnam War: 1955-1975 The Vietnam War was highly controversial throughout the world it was one of the most recent wars as it occurred between 1955-1975 this was primarily a civil war until the United States got involved this in turn pulled several other countries into the midst of the war. This was one of the major wars that occurred after the two biggest wars in history World War One and World War Two‚ although it is on a much smaller scale for instance there was a significantly smaller playing

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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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    Side of the Vietnam War The Positive Side of the Vietnam War War is a tough gritty world that describes the destruction of people and countries in the name of nationalism; it is difficult to justify war and give a positive outcome when shown the disaster it causes. The Vietnam War was an extremely difficult war and is widely seen as a catastrophe by the world‚ even with that being the case there is still some positives that have been extracted from the situation. The Vietnam War is a heavily

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    The Vietnam War throughout history has been debated as whether or not it was a necessary war. Some say the war is considered necessary because President Truman was simply trying to help stop the increase of communism in Southeast Asia so that communism wouldn’t spread to other nations. While others say the war was unnecessary because it was the first war the United States lost. In the text‚ Major Problems of American History‚ it was stated that people even consider America’s involvement in the Vietnam

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