Involvement In The Vietnam War
As a result from all the protesting, lifestyles, families and friends were disturbed. The war split NZ into two sides - people who felt strongly that the war was a terrible mistake on behalf of NZ, and people who it didn't effect very strongly. This caused some families to fall apart, because of their beliefs.
For the people who weren't effected as significantly, they just carried on with their normal day to day lives. The events didn't effect them or bother them as much as it did to others.
Some of the students who participated in the protests were arrested by the police. This posed a few worries, as they now had a criminal conviction. This would be significant because it would limit the activity of those who were convicted and stop them …show more content…
Many websites, such as stuff.co.nz and The New Zealand Herald are still reporting on matters to do with the war. This picture is from an article reporting on “Vietnam veterans honoured at Linton 50 years after 'first gun ready' signal”. This is significant because people are still reading, learning, and watching documentaries on it. This article was 1 out of 1740 new articles reporting on the significance of the …show more content…
This is significant because it shows that people are still interested in reading about the topic and our involvement is still very much alive today.
The Vietnam war was very significant to NZ because of the harm it caused to our troops. Many New Zealanders believed it would be a bad idea to send troops into combat, which lead to thousands of people taking to the street in protest. To this day, the terrifying events of the war are still studied, taught, read about and documented, showing that this fight is one we will remember. Finally, in April 1975, North Vietnam won the war and Ho Chi Minh took over the running of
For the people who weren't effected as significantly, they just carried on with their normal day to day lives. The events didn't effect them or bother them as much as it did to others.
Some of the students who participated in the protests were arrested by the police. This posed a few worries, as they now had a criminal conviction. This would be significant because it would limit the activity of those who were convicted and stop them …show more content…
Many websites, such as stuff.co.nz and The New Zealand Herald are still reporting on matters to do with the war. This picture is from an article reporting on “Vietnam veterans honoured at Linton 50 years after 'first gun ready' signal”. This is significant because people are still reading, learning, and watching documentaries on it. This article was 1 out of 1740 new articles reporting on the significance of the …show more content…
This is significant because it shows that people are still interested in reading about the topic and our involvement is still very much alive today.
The Vietnam war was very significant to NZ because of the harm it caused to our troops. Many New Zealanders believed it would be a bad idea to send troops into combat, which lead to thousands of people taking to the street in protest. To this day, the terrifying events of the war are still studied, taught, read about and documented, showing that this fight is one we will remember. Finally, in April 1975, North Vietnam won the war and Ho Chi Minh took over the running of