Following Ho Chi Minh: Bui Tin Bui Tin who served on the general staff of North Vietnam’s army received the unconditional surrender of South Vietnam. Tin later became the editor of Vietnam’s official newspaper‚ the “Peoples Daily”. Tin then immigrated to Paris after becoming disillusioned with the fruits of Vietnamese Communism. Following Ho Chi Minh allows the reader to gain valuable insight into how the North Vietnamese forces planned and executed the war‚ through military and psychological strategies
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the reason for war‚ US support‚ the cost‚ number of deaths‚ and the time and place. In this essay I am going to compare the Vietnam War with the war in Iraq describing three ways in which the war in Vietnam differs from the war in Iraq. Three ways the two wars differ are the reason for war‚ number of deaths‚ and the cost. The Vietnam War was a war over communism that started in 1950‚ when Ho Chi Minh‚ the national leader of Vietnam‚ introduced a communist government into North Vietnam. In 1954
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event had many events which has impacted our history ever since the Vietnamese got independence from the French. The purpose of this essay is to explain how the Vietnam War led to many effects. The main reason why the Vietnam War occurred is because the Vietnamese wanted independence from the French. At first Vietnam was controlled by the afranch. Then‚ Ho Chi Minh fought the French and won. Then the Vietnam split into two countries: North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The North was communist and
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French announced‚ in 1946‚ to take over North Vietnam‚ Ho Chi Minh knew that he had to fight for it. (2000-2013‚ War in Vietnam‚ 3) after the French retreated from North Vietnam Hồ Chí Minh became the leader of the North Vietnamese and wanted to continue the spread of communism. (2 May 2013‚ News‚ before it‚ 3) While preparing for the war in Vietnam the United States knew that they had to go against Nguyễn Sinh Côn‚ also known as Hồ Chí Minh‚ who was a Vietnamese communist revolutionary leader‚
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As it can be seen‚ there was much conflict between the North & South in Vietnam. The question is what conflicts initiated the Cold War. The relationship between the both states already had difficulties from the beginning of time. In the South‚ they usually contained a smaller population than the North but were consequently growing as a group. As everyone knows that a great relationship has to be built by a trust‚ that was the one thing between the states they did not possess. Due to this‚ both
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needed to aid the United States in Vietnam (Newman). Communist leader Ho Chi Minh led the Vietcong guerillas in the North. He developed an elaborate 9‚940 mile network of roads built from the North to the South to aid North Vietnam troops and the Vietcong. This network of roads was referred to as the Ho Chi Minh Trail and was the target of numerous American air strikes (Ho Chi Minh Trail). However‚ the creation the Ho Chi Minh trail crossed the demilitarized zone‚ which had been established at the
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Youth with Traffic Safety & Environmental Protection”. Before beginning‚ we had a careful preparation to get enough health to take part in this journey. We did exercises every afternoon‚ the actual trip to help difficult situation… We started at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (Ha Noi Capital) throughout 24 provinces along Viet Nam‚ to Phu Quoc Island for 36 days. This was a long and difficult trip. A journey was long 2400 kilometers‚ divided into 3 main periods. The first was from Ha Noi Capital to Hue City
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dense forest and jungle‚ made it impossible to fight a conventional war‚ however‚ the US came up with a solution to find VC soldiers called ‘search and destroy’. These missions usually involved aerial bombing to overcome problems‚ for example‚ the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Unfortunately only 1% of the ‘search and destroy’ missions were a success mainly because it was difficult to distinguish between VC members and civilians as they wore the same ‘pyjama’ clothes. This led to extreme brutality against innocent
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The Impact of French in Indochina The Impact the French had on Indochina was something no one was about to forget soon. It took France about 35 years to complete its takeover of Indochina. In 1858‚ the French captured Tourane (Da Nang). The region of Saigon was taken over 1862 and a protectorate was declared over Cambodia in 1863. The southern region of Cochin-china was annexed in 1867 and Annam (central region) and Tonkin (northern region) became protectorates in 1883. Laos became a French protectorate
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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 the Vietcong whereas things like booby traps had less of an affect on the opposition. The use of tunnels were standard means of travel that seemed oblivious to the US and South Vietnamese soldiers . These VC "used
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