The whole conflict in Vietnam started with France’s imperialism. The French took over Vietnam and established Indochina in the 1880s. However, the people of Vietnam wanted to be free from France, and under their communist leader Ho Chi Minh they established a military organization called Viet Minh. This organization took over the capital and declared Vietnam an independent country. Ho asked for aid from the U.S, but the U.S distrusted their communist ideals. Instead, President Truman sent aid to their ally, France.
During President Eisenhower’s term, the Vietnamese effectively defeat the French and establish the Geneva Accords which created a 17th Parallel (border) separating a communist North Vietnam and democratic South Vietnam. In the 1950s, …show more content…
Most of the soldiers drafted were from poor and working-class families. The opposition to the draft resulted in many men avoiding or delaying their military service. The U.S army forces start taking action and sends combat troops to Vietnam. The troops arrived in Vietnam by early 1965. The escalation of forces with Vietnam started because of the election victory of Lyndon Johnson in November 1964. Johnson turned his full attention to Vietnam by taking action. Since Johnson was not pleased by what he was seeing, he authorized a heavy bombing campaign against North Vietnam. In January 1965, Johnson ordered to relocate the U.S planes from Okinawa, Japan to Da Nang. By February 7th 1965, a series of targeted bombing ran against the North Vietnamese in response to the Viet Cong attacks which was the Operation Flaming Dart. This campaign had given away to Operation Thunder, a more intensive program of aerial bombardment, by early March. All these missions took significant troop increases throughout all 1965. From late 1965 American battles strategies focused more in tactics like “search and destroy”. Troops would move into regions controlled by the enemy by hiking or the use of the helicopters. By the end of 1965, American investment of 3,500 troops increased to 180,000 men.
The Tet Offensive marked a crucial turning point in American with its participation in Vietnam …show more content…
The credibility gap was created for a multiple of reasons. One of those reasons is that the citizens of the United States did not agree with the Government ideologies. For example, the United States government was in favor with the Vietnam War and wanted to send troops to the war to aid the South Vietnamese. On the other hand, the citizens of the United States were not in favor of aiding the South Vietnamese and did not want for the soldiers or family members to fight war that had no benefit or no meaning to them. People for this reason were not satisfied with the United States government and their war ideologies. This was what created the credibility gap between the United States government and the
During President Eisenhower’s term, the Vietnamese effectively defeat the French and establish the Geneva Accords which created a 17th Parallel (border) separating a communist North Vietnam and democratic South Vietnam. In the 1950s, …show more content…
Most of the soldiers drafted were from poor and working-class families. The opposition to the draft resulted in many men avoiding or delaying their military service. The U.S army forces start taking action and sends combat troops to Vietnam. The troops arrived in Vietnam by early 1965. The escalation of forces with Vietnam started because of the election victory of Lyndon Johnson in November 1964. Johnson turned his full attention to Vietnam by taking action. Since Johnson was not pleased by what he was seeing, he authorized a heavy bombing campaign against North Vietnam. In January 1965, Johnson ordered to relocate the U.S planes from Okinawa, Japan to Da Nang. By February 7th 1965, a series of targeted bombing ran against the North Vietnamese in response to the Viet Cong attacks which was the Operation Flaming Dart. This campaign had given away to Operation Thunder, a more intensive program of aerial bombardment, by early March. All these missions took significant troop increases throughout all 1965. From late 1965 American battles strategies focused more in tactics like “search and destroy”. Troops would move into regions controlled by the enemy by hiking or the use of the helicopters. By the end of 1965, American investment of 3,500 troops increased to 180,000 men.
The Tet Offensive marked a crucial turning point in American with its participation in Vietnam …show more content…
The credibility gap was created for a multiple of reasons. One of those reasons is that the citizens of the United States did not agree with the Government ideologies. For example, the United States government was in favor with the Vietnam War and wanted to send troops to the war to aid the South Vietnamese. On the other hand, the citizens of the United States were not in favor of aiding the South Vietnamese and did not want for the soldiers or family members to fight war that had no benefit or no meaning to them. People for this reason were not satisfied with the United States government and their war ideologies. This was what created the credibility gap between the United States government and the