Army of the Republic of Vietnam

Beginning in November 1955, and lasting through April 1975, the War in Vietnam was a long, drawn out battle that pitted a communist lead regime of North Vietnam and allies against South Vietnam and the United States, lasting a total of just short of twenty years. Though an ally of the South Vietnamese, major United States involvement in the Conflict did not begin until Democratic Republic of Vietnam owned torpedo boats attacked two United States destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. History.com…

In the Vietnam War, the force ratio between US military and North Vietnam military capability is 53:1 (Toft, 2001: 113). As a limited war, the external power should prepare to inform the population to tolerate a long war (Toft, 2001: 123). Conventional strategy does not work in asymmetric wars…

accumulated in 1972. He visited china in attempts to set into action the normalizing of the Peoples Republic of China. He also visited the Soviet Union, where he agreed to sign the first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty agreement. These events marked the start of a period known as “détente”. Nixon 's Foreign Policy. During this period in history, the United States of America was going through the Vietnam War. The U.S.A. first became involved…

by Ho Chi Minh. The official Japanese name for the Vietminh is Viet Nam Doc Lap Dong Minh Hoi. In English, this mean, League for the Independence of Vietnam. Japan occupied French Indochina during WWII. Along with fighting the French, the Vietminh started to bicker with Japan. During the war, the Vietminh received money and supplies from the Republic of China, the Soviet Union, and the United States. The United States and Great Britain were both…

war with themselves. This is what happened to Vietnam. Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia, was ruled by France but then was granted independence in 1954. Vietnam then split into two states, the north being a communist and the south, a democratic republic. During this time, the United States (US), China, and the Soviet Union were engaged in the Cold War. The Soviet Union and China sided with North Vietnam and the United States sided with South Vietnam. Historians disagree about the reasons for…

administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnam's forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops." Brought on by the Viet Cong's Tet Offensive, the policy referred to U.S. combat troops specifically in the ground combat role, but did not reject combat by the U.S. Air Force, as well as the support to South Vietnam, consistent with the policies of…

The Vietnam War was the North Vietnamese and the South Vietnam, its main ally, pitted long and costly conflict, the communist regime, known as the Confederate States. After the war power-up of the communist Vietnam party in Ho Chi Minh City and northern Vietnam (this extends to the middle of this conflict back to the 1940's in the area but) started in 1954 and continued two world superpowers between the intense Cold War Background: United States and the Soviet Union. More than 3,000,000…

. TIMELINE OF VIETNAM WAR During 1880, Vietnam is rule by the French for few decades. Then in 1940, Japan started to invade Indochina. Indochina countries are Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. But in the year of 1945, Japan was defeated by the World War II allies and starting in 1946, the Indochina war has begun. Not only that, in 1946 also, France recognize Vietnam as a free state within French Union. A negotiation between the French and Vietminh are held but the negotiation breakdown when the…

finished when he quits." -Richard M. Nixon The Vietnam War was also known as the Second Indochina War, from 1954 to 1975. It was a conflict between North Vietnam and South Vietnam allies Viet Cong and the government of South Vietnam and its ally United States. The main purpose of the war was to stop South Vietnam in becoming communists like the ones in the north. During that time there were powerful leaders making the decisions. Some important Vietnam leaders were; Ho Chi Minh,Vo Nguyen Giap,…

Pot continually insisted that Vietnam was an enemy. During the Vietnam War shortly after Lon Nol’s coup, both South Vietnamese and Communist Vietnamese forces occupied Cambodia with artillery, and would chase opponents into Cambodian territory. In 1975, Democratic Kampuchea began to attack Vietnam. Relations between Cambodia and Vietnam fell due to border disputes and the flood of refugees. Vietnam accused Democratic Kampuchea for attacking all eight provinces of Vietnam that border Cambodia.…