In 1954 the French signed the Geneva convention, leaving Vietnam separated into two parts: the North and the South. The North side of Vietnam was occupied by the Viet Minh’s which was a communist group working with the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China, while South Vietnam was supported by the US and its allies. During this period the U.S President…
United States of America became the world super power after the World War II. They had acted as a police of the world, getting involved with every conflicts in the world, they realized that communism of getting out of hand. One of the major events that United States participated in was Vietnam War.…
U.S. involvement was inevitable. The fear of communism is what blinded the United States. They believed that as one Asian country fell into communism the rest would follow making it impossible to intervene. Because of the Cold War and its prevailing theories, the United States saw Ho Chi Mihn as a communist tool. At this time, people did not want the Soviet Union to expand the way Nazi Germany had.…
Well, Everybody played a part in the vietnam war. It was a bad war cause a lot of people died in the war and i think that why you gonna shoot and kill people and just be looking all around at dead bodys like i don't understand that but from my oppoining i think they were just trying to prove that that they would win and the other lost and died. At first Americans supported the war at once but as it got worse they turned against the war. I think that the U.S. shouldnt have been involved because that's our people that we need and they didn't have anything to do with it at all but then again when i'm sitting here thinking that they should have been just to you know get it all over with as what i'm thinking.…
There are many significant and insignificant reasons for US involvement in the Vietnam conflict such as the ‘Domino theory’ and attack on the US. Though there are many significant reasons for US involvement there are three most significant reasons that are the ‘Domino theory’, attack on the US and the military-industrial complex. The most significant reason for US involvement in the conflict in Vietnam was the ‘Domino theory’. This is due to the fear of communism spreading being a major factor in US citizen’s lives therefore was exceedingly important to the US as the US was a capitalist country.…
1. Tonkin Gulf Resolution (1964). - Is a congressional resolution that grants permission for U.S to send troops to Southeast Asia as a consequence of North Vietnam supposedly attacking American warships? This resolution gave the U.S authority to defend U.S. from supposed possible enemies. But North Vietnam had always denied any attacks there have always been doubts about the existence of these attacks.…
In the 1960’s, the United States officially joined the Vietnam War. There were many factors that contributed to the United States involvement in the war. The United States’ urgency to stop the spread of communism along with the events that occured in the Gulf of Tonkin lead to U.S. involvement. As stated previously, the United States joined the Vietnam War to prevent communism spreading to more countries.…
The Vietnam War was perhaps one of the most controversial wars in U.S. history. The United States had no objective in the war and did not make an official declaration of war. The war started through a series of events. Ho Chi Minh, the future leader of the Viet Minh, formed his own faction in order to drive off the remaining Japanese invaders from World War II and the new French administration. After Japan's' defeat in World War II, they retreated, allowing Minh's forces to take over power almost immediately in the North, making Ho Chi Minh the new president.…
The Vietnam War began in 1954. However, the reasons for why Vietnam was divided began just after WWII ended in 1945. After Japan withdrew their forces in Vietnam and left, France wanted to regain control of Vietnam as they had control before WWII and before Japan was in Vietnam. Before this, Ho Chi Minh had organized Viet Minh or the League for the Independence of Vietnam. Immediatly after Japan left, Minh invaded northern Vietnam and declared it a Democratic Republic of Vietnam.…
The Vietnam war was a brutal war killing millions of vietnamese civilians, thousands of americans, and destroying miles of jungle. it also caused long term effects that to this day are making people physically ill, ruining habitats, dividing people on both home fronts, and causing a high tension point between a people and its government. The vietnam war started in 1956 due to the division of the (GVN South Vietnam) and the (DRV North Vietnam). American pressure caused these two countries to stay split between each other after french rule had ceased.…
The Vietnam war started on November 1st 1955 and lasted until April 30th 1975. The Unites States joined the war because they gave aid to the french who were fighting the the vietnamese. This and a part of the history with vietnam and america the United states. While the United States fought in the war they were fighting alongside southern vietnam to try and take down the north part of vietnam. . Under the provisions of the Accords, U.S. forces were completely withdrawn.…
The conflict in Vietnam started during the Indochina War, when France was fighting in Vietnam to stop Communism from spreading to North Vietnam. After World War II, France took control of Vietnam, because Japan surrendered to the US, and the US granted the land to the French. After the battle of Dien Bien Phu the French surrendered. After the war, North Vietnam “went red”, or in other words became Communist.…
With the little we do know concerning the causes of the Vietnam War, it is for sure that it all began due to the works and effects of the Cold War. Before World War Two began, Vietnam was part of the French Realm. During the war, the country had been overrun by the Japanese. After the war had ended, the Allies gave South Vietnam (Viet Cong) back to the French while the North (Viet Minh) continued to be left under non-communist rule. In 1946, the French declared their plan to reclaim the North meaning that the Viet Minh would have to fight for it.…
“It was at that moment, America knew, they fucked up”. The Vietnam war was not just any ordinary war. To this day, there is still a lot of controversy over the United States’ involvement in the war overseas in a communist dominated country. There is definitely hatred and regret of the people that watched it all live in their homes; as well as the soldiers that went through the scarring experience themselves. It will be probably never be fully understood why America decided to take part in the war, yet one thing can be said for sure.…
Ngo Dinh Diem ruled South Vietnam, it was a military dictatorship and an allied with the United States. The United States supported the South Vietnam supplying them with weapons and political advisory, they despised the communism idea of North Vietnam and they wanted to prevent…