The period of the Cold war began in 1945 following World War II after the defeat of Hitler‚ Germany and Japan. The Cold War wasn’t a one time event‚ rather it was a long period of fighting between the leadership of the Western World and Eastern Europe. The two countries known as superpowers led the charge with the Western side led by the USA and Eastern Europe led by the Soviet Union. Although once allies during World War II‚ mistrust with the leadership of Joseph Stalin and his leadership caused
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Chinese invasion of southeast asia Cold War Of Vietnam Loretta L. Richardson Troy University Anthropology 2200 Susan E. Pappas‚ Ph.D. October 30‚ 2011 Cold War Of Vietnam Today in America the question still come to the minds of many of the American people. How did the American soldiers’ view the war and was it a mission that was necessary to protect the people of the United States Of America. Most servicemen would say yes
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Vocabulary- The Vietnam War 1. Ho Chi Minh- a Japanese nationalist leader during the Vietnam War who supported communism. He later became the president of North Vietnam. 2. Vietminh- an organization whose goal was to win Vietnam’s independence from foreign rule‚ mostly formed by Ho Chi Minh 3. Domino Theory- The theory that if one nation is taken over by communism‚ many other countries would become communism too. 4. Vietcong- A communist opposition group in the South that
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Vietnam US marines capture Vietnamese soldiersis a small country to the south of China (‘Vietnamese’ means “non-Chinese people of the south”). There were a lot of reasons for the US to enter into this war‚ of course all of them were considered ‘moral’ and ‘correct’. One long term reason was America’s fear of Communism. The USA is a primarily Christian population‚ they as well as people of some other religions felt that Communism was “godless” because they were atheists. America was also a democracy
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points was Vietnam. Clueless as to there being three different groups all fighting in the same country‚ the military was at a loss. Vietcong troops killed an inordinate amount of US troops because they didn’t do their homework before rushing in the save the day. Nowadays‚ the US has the CIA {established in 1947} or the NSA {established in 1952} to collect data before going into a war or any military conflict. Due to this intelligence and the advancement
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Australia in The Vietnam War A written report that evaluates the usefulness‚ reliability and perspective of a given website. 1. How useful is this site for learning about: Why was Australia involved in the Vietnam War? The site’s provides background information on why Australia was involved in the Vietnam War‚ it does go on to explain that “The South Vietnamese government sought assistance from the United States and her regional ally”.‚ which supplies the reader with the information about
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It will include information on what the huey did in the Vietnam War‚ some heroic pilot stories‚ and what happened to it after the Vietnam War. The huey was the first helicopter to be used in combat and is still used in the military today along with the police forces‚ coast guard‚ hospitals‚ national guard‚ and civilian private aircraft. The huey’s design was made and started production in 1960 and was finished by 1962. In the Vietnam War‚ the huey was used for mainly troop carrying and medical evacuations
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The Vietnam War took place took place in Southeast Asia from November 1‚ 1955 through April 30‚ 1975. After World War II‚ Vietnam was divided into the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in the north‚ and the Republic of Vietnam in the south. The United States of America’s involvement in this conflict was to help contain the spread of communism. The U.S. learned many lessons from this conflict‚ from political limitations on warfare‚ gaining and losing public support‚ and fighting against a guerrilla
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Although the Vietnam War was clearly a detrimental event in the history of America‚ some still try to argue that it benefited America and or strengthened our nation. They may say it benefited our country because in reality‚ it was a place where we had the opportunity to test new weapons and learn about many new medicines. When trying to refute my personal claim that Vietnam was a bad war for America to join‚ these are the only two main reasons others say the war was a good event for America’s history
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The United States strategy in Vietnam from 1965 to 1968 went through various changes and revisions as leadership tried to find a feasible plan of action. US Army General William Westmoreland and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara were two of the major forces in US leadership that would shape the war effort. They devised a military strategy of attrition through tactics of search and destroy‚ covert operations‚ and other factors in hopes of wearing out the enemy. While their strategy found some success
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