Army of the Republic of Vietnam

President Richard Nixon’s main policy was the “Vietnamization”; this policy was based on decreasing involvement in Vietnam and to force the Vietnamese to bear responsibility for the war, without the dependence on the United States. This strategy was opposite of the initially policy of the Americanization and in 1965, the United States took control of the war in Vietnam. The thought of Vietnamizing the war occurred before President Nixon arrived to office, and the United States Military…

his speech on March 12, 1947. President John F. Kennedy inauguration speech said the U.S. would be lost due to the result of the domino effect, so he increased aid and military advisors in South Vietnam. Vietnam defeated the French and Geneva Accords make the 17th parallel to divide Vietnam and North Vietnam communist to south into semi democratic government supported by…

The Vietnam War was a proxy war that occurred in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. Vietnam was split into two in 1954 as part of the Geneva accords in order not to have another large-scale war after Korea. Communist North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union, China and other communist allies whilst democratic South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other anti-communist allies. The two were due to be reunified by national…

of the total military strength committed in Southeast Asia (Gettleman, 1995). The French had underestimated the resourcefulness of the Vietminh Army in the mountainous area around Dien Bien Phu and its’ ability to successfully employ heavy pieces of artillery and anti-aircraft equipment provided by fellow communist allies of United Socialist Soviet Republic (USSR) and China. This battle became the war cry for those communist eastern forces in the battle against the imperialistic and capitalistic…

Korea. The newly formed United Nations voted unanimously that the invasion was a breach of peace and President Truman sends military force to aid South Korea on June 27. By early October of that year, the United Nations had beaten back the North Korean Army and had military forces which occupied most of North Korea including its border with China. This created panic in China because they themselves had recently become a communist state under the rule of Mao Zedong. The Korean war was largely…

The Vietnam War was a power struggle between communism and capitalism, North Vietnam against South Vietnam respectively with each party wanting different political system. The United States of America aided South Vietnam while North Vietnam was aided by the Soviet Union and the republic of China. The Vietnam War was fought between 1955 and 1975 which fell in the middle of the cold war which was fought between 1947 and 1991. The United States of America as well as the Union of Soviet Socialist…

and in particular he is an anti-Communist. During his presidency he deal with many conflicts with other countries, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the bay of pigs invasion, the space race, and the building of the Berlin Wall… But the Communist states in Vietnam caused most of his attention. In his policy, he promised in his inaugural address, let every nation know, that were shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival…

Through the thick smog of the Vietnam War, a group of men emerge: lovingly labeled McNamara’s morons, their lack of intellect faced with the horrors of death and destruction exposes the corruption in the United States Military. Men who served in Vietnam feared them, not enemy soldiers, but their own comrades and platoon mates. Infamous for going AWOL (Absent Without Leave), outbursts, and generally being described as incompetent, the men were also nicknamed The Moron Corp. The men are part of…

Vietnam, historically known as one of America’s most catastrophic war and bloodstained. Thousands of Americans lives were lost, however the Americans were not the only Military force to loose mass amounts of troops in this nation’s history. France acquired years of struggle and massive thrashings against the Communist country. But one Battle in particular was the battle of Dien Bien Phu. The quantities of casualties were shocking and the tactical portion was farfetched. This Battle went into…

those odds, you will lose and I will win.” Ho Chi Minh might have predicted the outcome of the Vietnam War. In 1955, the US came to aid the South Vietnamese in fighting and defending against the communist North. In 1975, the US lost in the Vietnam War. The communist North took over South Vietnam. The two parts combined to become the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The United States’s involvement in the Vietnam War was seen as a failure because of its weak military tactics and poor management of…