Dien Bien Phu

Vietnam research report 1) A communist government is a system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy. It is powered by a single, authoritarian party who deems that all goods are equally shared by the people. In this system, the central authority dictates the incomes and quantity of production which is then distributed equally to everyone in the given society, ensuring that everyone remains in the same social and financial class. For this to occur, the government…

Communist, the rest of Southeastern Asia would soon follow in a domino effect. This idea, nicknamed the “domino theory,” would soon shape American actions in Vietnam for many years to come. Later, in 1954, then French lost a crucial battle at Dien Bien Phu to the “Viet-Minh.” Afraid of all-out war, they prepared to withdraw from Vietnam. By international agreement, Vietnam was divided in half at the 17th parallel and Ho was allowed to have control over the Northern half while anti-Communist…

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HST 480: Vietnam Vietnam, since it has been a national and independent country, has had a number of invading forces that has tried to influence, conquer, or even threaten its wellbeing. As a result, Vietnam has always been plagued with outside forces or influences that attempt to plant its flag in it as early as 111 B.C and as late as the 20th century. The issues and military conflicts have been present and have shaped Vietnam into the country that it is now. Consequently, it would use that…

' 'Just like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I 'm going to Vietnam 's aid! ' ' Lyndon B. Johnson, a United States’ president from November 22, 1963 to January 20, 1969, delivered this powerful quote presumably to garner support from the American people to execute his plan to export more American troops to aid Southern Vietnam. Although initially reluctant to station troops in Vietnam, Johnson changed his mind after the attack of the Southern Vietnamese…

for the U.S. Army. History is flush with examples of leadership defeating superior technology or causing the defeat to technologically inferior forces: Battle of Little Big Horn,[footnoteRef:1] Gallipoli,[footnoteRef:2] Tafileh,[footnoteRef:3] Dien Bien Phu,[footnoteRef:4] and so on. Effective leadership is a like a tide that lifts all boats. Improvements in leadership directly translate to improvements in most every other metric of success. It only makes logical sense to focus on the imperative…

of American involvement were with French Indochina which included Camodia, Laos, and Vietnam. In World War II France wanted control of the region again. Ho Chi Minh wants to get ride of French and be Vietnamse Nationalism. In 1954 the battle of Dien Bien Phu happens. The French get annihilated by the Vietnamize during this battle. South and North Vietnam are cut in half as a way to compromise. Within two years they will decide what kind of government Vietnam is going to have. The United States…

The US Government became involved in the Vietnam Conflict during the First Indochina war which coincided with the end of WWII and the withdrawal of Japanese forces from the region. Prior to Japanese occupation Vietnam was under the control of France and was to be returned to France following the Potsdam conference. Political decisions throughout the 1940s, 50s, and 60s as well as the defeat of the French Military by the Communist Viet Minh led to U.S. ground troop entry into the Second…

The fall of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam was first on May 7th, 1954, this ended the French presence in Vietnam who were fighting against the influence of communism. This resulted in the United States having to lend out more support to south Vietnam. Secondly, there was the…

What Really Caused the Vietnam War The Vietnam War is credited as one of the most momentous events to have taken place with American Forces on Foreign Soil. From movies, such as “Forrest Gump” to “Platoon,” the Vietnam War still resonates in American Society. This prevalence lets Americans question and recall the events of the Vietnam War, but most importantly brings up the question: what was the cause of the Vietnam War? The Vietnam War is said to have started because the US did not want any…