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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 main issue France had with Ho Chi Minh was that he was pro-communist. France then, being afraid of communism due to WWII, began fighting for North Vietnam back. …

Affects the Vietnam War had on Veterans The Vietnam War started on November 1st, 1955 and lasted until April 30th, 1975. There were 58,220 American casualties recorded to date, but there are so many more lives lost not on record. The U.S entered the war to stop the communist takeover of South Vietnam because we thought it would trigger “The Domino Theory.”The Vietnam War affected the soldiers who fought in it by causing long-term injuries, addiction, and P.T.S.D. The Vietnam War caused many…

What did the United States lose in Vietnam? On November 1, 1955 the Vietnam War began. This was to become about a 30 year long war. After the rise to power of Ho Chi Minh and his communist Viet Minh party in North Vietnam, America got involved to stop his communist uprising. Immediately the U.S. begins to pour in more and more military into Vietnam each year from 1961 to 1972, and the number of military force increased incredibly from Nixon's presidency to Johnson’s presidency. Since these…

Many people would believe that women who are pregnant are protected from depression. However, contrary to the common believe that pregnant are not prone from depression, pregnant women are just as susceptible to depression that those women who are not pregnant. In fact, the risk of depression becomes even higher right after a woman gives birth. According to experts, the postpartum stage has the potential of bringing about that "sadness and madness" state. Women who have history of depression are…

Outside Influence Leading to Genocide In Cambodia, glasses marked people for death. Glasses were seen as a sign of outside influence, something the Khmer Rouge wanted to eliminate. While studying the Cambodian genocide, key elements such as outside influence, such as from colonization and from the Vietnam War seem to have lead the perpetrators to commit genocide. Colonization by France left lasting psychological effects and an unstable government. The actions by the U.S. taken during the Vietnam…

In Vietnam, the country was temporarily divided into North and South, called the 17th parallel, where civilians could move freely between two states. Two years later elections were held to make a unified government. The U.S. government did not like this because the elections might not be fair and if the Communist won the Vietnam war, Communism could spread and it could be a bigger threat to U.S. Basically the Vietnam War started because of Communism. In 1950, the Indochina War begins. Also,…

The Vietnam War was between North and South Vietnam, North Vietnam was communist run by leader Ho Chi Minh. South Vietnam was run by anti-communist leader Ngo Dinh Diem. New Zealand was involved in the Vietnam War between 1963 and 1975. There were around 3000 New Zealanders that contributed in the war, as medical aid, combat or volunteers. The key ideas of the Vietnam War for New Zealand are communism, causes, perspectives, effects on military and significance. The Vietnam War started because…

After the end of World War 2, the Allies gave back South Vietnam to the French while the north was left in the hands of the non-socialist Chinese. The Nationalist Chinese treated the North Vietnamese badly and support for Ho Chi Minh developed. In October 1946, the French reported their aim of recovering the north which implied that the Viet Minh would need to battle for it. The war began in November 1946, when the French rampaged the port of Haiphong and executed 6,000 individuals. Another…

“Con trai, chúng tôi đang ở đây.” Those are the first few words my father spoke to gain consciousness upon landing in my parent’s holy majestic birthplace, Vietnam. Exhausted and excited, I replied back in a tiring voice to my father, telling him how I’m glad to be back in this glorious country in my native tongue, “Cuối cùng, tôi không thể tin rằng chúng tôi đang ở đây.” My father alongside with my mother gave a heartwarming smile towards me and I knew, this was going to be the greatest…

recorded less than two years after President Ngo Dinh Diem, with the approval of the United States, reneges on an agreement to hold a national reunification election for all of Vietnam because it had become evident that Diem would lose handily to Ho Chi Minh and the…