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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and France held a meeting in Geneva‚ on the same day Dien Bien Phu fell. They argued about elections in Vietnam. Finally they agreed on the following parts: Vietnam would be divided temporarily in two along the 17th parallel the North under Ho Chi Minh and South under Ngo Dinh Diem The Vietminh forces would withdraw from the South and the French would pull out of the North A date for the elections was fixed: July 1956 Later this meeting was referred to as the Geneva Agreement. The president
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B52 bombers to bombard the Ho Chi Minh trail in an attempt to obliterate all industrial and major transportation targets as fast as possible‚ with the hope that this would sink the morale of the Viet Cong and make the people afraid of the Americans; in turn disheartening them. However‚ although it managed to disrupt the flow of supplies‚ extensive aerial bombing did not prevent the North Vietnamese from moving hundreds of tons of war supplies per day down the Ho Chi Minh Trail - which ran from North
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nation falling for communism. President Truman agreed to help France against the Communist Vietnamese; America decided to send out money to help the French fight against the Vietnamese in a full scale war. The USA shared a view with France that the Minh was a plot by the communists. The USA prevented elections taking place in Vietnam because they thought the communists would win in 1954. The USA began to support Diem; Diem set up South Vietnam. They backed Diem because he was fiercely anti-communist
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In this chapter of his book‚ Zinn covers the Vietnam war and the resistance to it. As the chapter title states‚ Zinn argues that the U.S was fighting a war that they could not win as the Vietnamese people were in favor of the government of Ho Chi Minh and opposed the of Ngo Dinh Diem‚ thus allowing them to keep morale high. Meanwhile‚ the American military’s morale for the war was very low‚ as many soldiers were put off by the atrocities that they were made to take part in‚ such as the My Lai
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effect around the world. The United States began sending financial aid and military advisors to South Vietnam to help stop a communist takeover. North Vietnam was run by communist leader Ho Chi Minh‚ and the South had a non-communist government. An election to unify Vietnam would be held in 1955‚ fearing that Ho Chi Minh would win the elections South Vietnam president Ngo Dinh Diem refused to hold an election that would unify the country. With the support of the United States South Vietnam and North Vietnam
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In Vietnam‚ the rampant inflation and the scarcity of basic necessities caused the nationalism in Vietnam to flourish. When the famine in Tonkin broke out in 1944‚ the Viet Minh took over granaries belonging to the Japanese and rich landlords and distributed the rice to the peasants. This contributed to the rise of the Viet Minh as they were viewed as heroes. Hence‚ in both cases‚ the harsh conditions caused by the Japanese occupation led to the rise of nationalist groups in Malaya and Vietnam. Social:
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portraying the war to the people in America causing a lack of support for the war. The Vietnam War was similar to the Korean War in the opposing sides. The United States aided South Vietnam under Ngo Dinh Diem’s rule. North Vietnam‚ communists under Ho Chi Minh‚ were attempting to unify Vietnam as a socialist country. North Vietnam was an ally of the Soviet-Union‚ causing the United States to get involved in the conflict. The war was based on the Domino Theory. This theory states that if one Asian country
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That started a war between Communist led Viet Minh regime in Hanoi and French backed regime in Saigon. The US provided the French army with military and financial assistance under President Harry S. Truman’s orders. The reasoning behind it was a communist victory in Indochina would result in communism
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want to leave! Photos of Vietnam‚ including the landscape and flag. GOVERNMENT The government of Vietnam CU CH I T UN N EL S: The Cu Chi tunnels are a popular tourist attraction northwest of Ho Chi Minh City. These tunnels were used as a hiding place during the Vietnam War and visitors crawl in the safe parts of the tunnel. Cu Chi Tunnel Map of the Cu Chi Tunnels. Happy visitors on the mekong Delta. Mekong Delta Visitors at the Thien Mu Pagoda. Monks inside the Thien Mu Pagoda. consists
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