To begin‚ what caused the Vietnam war and why did the United States get involved? In the early 1880’s‚ France conquered Vietnam and combined it with the neighboring countries Cambodia and Laos. This created a colony called French Indochina. However‚ in World War II the Japanese drove the French out of Indochina and occupied Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh‚ a communist leader in Vietnam‚ didn’t want to be controlled by another foreign power. Thus he lead a revolt against the Japanese in 1945. Not soon after
Premium Vietnam War United States Cold War
called south Sarkhan‚ the U.S. wanted to stop the spread of communism and did not want the domino theory to happen with sarkhan. With that being said the U.S. helped Sarkhan in the battle to save their country‚ but at the same time used Sarkhan for their own good. A couple of the main characters in this story to help save Sarkhan were good friends U.S. ambassador Gilbert Macwhite and revolutionary leader Deong. Little did these two know that this would turn into a political war? During the movie
Free Cold War Vietnam War
While the above delineates why the United States began to support britain and wage economic war on the Germans‚ it does not explain fully why the United States actually entered World War II as a combative power. However‚ an analysis of the goals and strategies of major powers at this point can help supplement the above information to provide an explanation as to why the United States fought in Europe. First‚ Germany’s geopolitical goals (as seen completely separate from their “moral” goals of creating
Premium World War II Nazi Germany
they could. The United states had to quickly mobilize their forces deploying‚ a draft and creating many pop up training camps throughout the country as well as converting factories from commercials goods to munitions. Many men flocked to enlist after the U.S joined the war. However the number on men that volunteered did not merely meet the number of men required to fight.
Premium United States World War II World War I
Germans had declared unlimited German submarine warfare and the Zimmermann note. The German had totally disregarded the international laws protecting neutral nation’s ships by sinking neutral ships. We warned the Germans one too many times and they did not take us seriously so in 1917 we finally had enough and we joined the war. The Germans had decided that they would sink any ship they wanted without warning even if it was a merchant ship. This had upset the Americans because they soon started
Premium World War I World War II Woodrow Wilson
after being discharged from the Korean War on April 11th‚ 1951. After World War
Premium World War II United States Empire of Japan
Why did Germany loose the WW1? Why did Germany loose The First World War? On 28 June 1914 a bullet change the tension in Europe for years and a World war broke out. Germany in the losing side together with especially Austria-Hungary but also Ottoman empire and Bulgaria against in the start the Triple Entente which included Russia‚ Britain and France who got support by other countries after a while but why did Germany loose the war? Well it’s hard to practically point one thing out and say this
Premium World War I
punishing Germany then creating a lasting peace. I Believe they did this for many reasons. Even though they might have known it wasn’t fair they did it anyway. One reason I believe this is because Europe had suffered so many casualties and deaths they had also lost a lot of land. Germany on the other hand didn’t have as much as Europe. But they had to live right next to each other. So Europe probably didn’t want to have to live next to Germany knowing in some ways they lost more than Germany. Germany
Premium World War II Germany World War I
and Social Policy Course: BAHBMD3 Date: 14 November 2012 Student: Kenneth Whelan Word count 2000 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Free Trade and EEC Membership 3 From Sterling to EMS 5 The Celtic Tiger 6 PART B 7 Bibliography 8 PART A Introduction After gaining independence
Premium Public finance European Union Tax
Why did Germany lose World War One? World War One was a war between several countries in Europe. It is called a world war because it was the first war which affected so many countries all over the world. It took place from July 1914 to November 1918. The war was mainly fought between two alliances‚ the Triple Entente (Britain‚ France and Russia) and the Triple Alliance (Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy). The main reasons why Germany lost the war were: the German Army asking to end the war; The
Premium World War I