How Did The Americans Invade Vietnam

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The people of Vietnam are a culture who is founded by a base of war. First they had the Chinese who invaded their country. They fought back against them and regained their land in which they have claimed. Next the French tried a different to try and claim the land of Vietnam. They had a catholic priest come and convert them from Confucism to become Catholics, he seceeded in that but the emperor banished him from thought that they would invade. The French did indeed invade and succeeded by turning the land into industrial parks and enslaving the Vietnamese. The French were pushed out by the Vietnamese though. Then Japan attempted to invade Vietnam. They formed a successful invasion but were pushed by a Vietnamese rebellion. Finally

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