Army of the Republic of Vietnam

The Vietnam War lasted many years and saw a great impact on the world, to those that fought in it and those that lived through it, however, many question whether or not America’s involvement was necessary. The United States of America’s decision to become involved in the First Indochina War between the French and the Vietnamese was a mistake. Their involvement in the war was a mistake because the US risked a lot in a war that had nothing to do with them and Vietnam veterans were mistreated by…

South Vietnam were not the only ones being aided by outside counties. The Soviet Union and China the biggest communist powers at the time backed the North Vietnam. In the beginning of the war under Stalin’s regime there was not much support from the Soviet side. Though soviets did consider the Viet Minh as the official leaders of Vietnam their overall support was not big. There were several reasons why Stalin did this. One reason was because Stalin did not want to get on bad terms with the west…

Vietnam Historical Causation Paper The Vietnam War (also known as Second Indochina War) occurred from 1964 to 1975. Vietnam was under French colonial rule for many years. During World War 11 Japan invaded Vietnam. Not only were there French military personnel, there was Japanese military as well. Feed up with what was going on the Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh formed the League for Independence of Vietnam (LFIV). The LFIV was heavily influenced by communism of China and the Soviet Union. When…

The Tet Offensive Introduction Statement: Thesis: The Tet Offensive was the decisive factor in determining the outcome of the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. The Tet Offensive was a major series of attacks following the holiday of Tet. The leaders of the Tet Offensive. The leaders of the United States were Lyndon B. Johnson and William Westmoreland. The main leader of the communist forces was Vo Nguyen Giap. The United States agreed to a temporary truce prior to the Tet Offensive.…

His spectacular performance of Ron Kovic, a young Vietnam veteran returning home sums up the Vietnam era. The moves flashes to Vietnam where Kovic experience the atrocities of war before he is wounded and shipped to a VA hospital to recover. The condition of the VA hospital are despicable, rats, broken equipment, and drug use. Most of the people who work there are apathetic, overworked, understaffed, and black. When he begins yelling about Vietnam, one of the orderly tells him there are bigger…

from the South and the destruction of their army. Upwards of 100,000 men attacked and drove for the South Korean capital of Seoul, but the remaining ROKA (Republic of Korean Army) troops defended around Seoul and attempted to hold their ground. An outside military was necessary to keep the South alive. United Nations met recently after the attack to discuss the North Korean actions and decided to condemn their actions and force the North to take their armies out of the South. The UN sent troops…

post-Stalin Nikita Khrushchev’s leadership. In spite of Khrushchev’s downfall in 1965, the Chinese rejected any possibility of accommodation with the Soviet Union, meanwhile domestically pursuing a reversal of professionalization of the People’s Liberation Army to support its politicization doctrine. The major connection of these two policies exists in the ideological fissures derived from the late 1950s between the Chinese chairman Mao Zedong and the Soviet leader Khrushchev. A series of…

The Vietnam War (1955-1975) This is perhaps the hardest of all US wars. First, moral, and ambiguous. As was the case in the war against communism, Rata suppress nationalist self-determination. Secondly (and it is), and it can be very confusing. US interests are not always clearly defined Abed. As a result, US policy leg twisted after ED "Americanized" just war "Vietnamize" He and Pat O years later. Thirdly, in the case of the Vietnam War, which was part of the dream. In the name of defending…

sympathisers were already present in a town, the communist ideals spread with them when the hamlet was moved. The education and medical supply lines to many hamlets never materialised, and as one history textbook quotes from an observer in South Vietnam, who said: “Peasants resented working without pay to dig moats, implant bamboo stakes, and erect fences against an enemy that did not threaten them but directed its sights against government officials." This drove lots of support to the Viêt…

dynasty’s army permitted the military to expand the empire, which helped the economy. Rome’s army is huge because they made conquered people serve in the army; therefore, they had about 70,050 well trained and disciplined soldiers in reserve. Han China’s army consisted of peasant men from the ages of 26-56, whom were required to serve one year in the army. Since China’s populations contained mostly peasants, the army was large. The Han dynasty spread the empire to Korea, Japan and Vietnam.…