Ngo Dinh Diem

existence. From Prime Minster to the first president of the (RVN), Ngo Dinh Diem served as their leader from 1954 to 1963. Diem was an anti-colonialist who worked with the United States in an attempt to secure South Vietnam.…

during the cold war. John F. Kennedy supported the Vietnam war. He believed that if the united states retreated from the war the vietnamese would collapse. He was believed to have supported the taking down and assassination of the communist leader Ngo Dinh Diem. He supported the south vietnamese with economic and military…

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…

The transition from liberal to conservative ideas was caused by the Civil Rights Movement, American involvement in Vietnam, and the mistrust of the government. The general population was ready to move past the civil rights movement in which the democrats in office were so invested. The Vietnam War was deepened solely by democratic presidents. The corruption within the Democratic Party pushed them out of office. Though each factor allowed for the transition, the end of the democratic rule started…

The story of JFK and the Vietnam War cannot be told without first telling the story of the political development before the war even was a possibility. At the end of World War 2 The United States no longer had to wage war against the Germans and the Japanese. Instead, The United States began to keep a watchful eye on their World War 2 ally in the Siberian North: Russia. After the fall of Nazi Germany, the Russian and American armies met for the first time on April 25, 1945, at the Elbe River in…

The Vietnam War was one of the toughest wars that American forces ever fought in. The conflict took place in Southeast Asia, amongst the dense jungles and high mountains of Vietnam, between communist North Vietnam and their allies in China, North Korea, and the Soviet Union, and the democratic nations of South Vietnam and the United States. What made the war tough was the fact that not only were soldiers fighting in an unknown land many thousands of miles away from home, but they were also…

After world war 1 a Vietnamese patriot named Nguyen or Ho Chi Minh hoped to go to the 1919 Paris peace conference in hopes to free Vietnam from French control but like many other people he is ignored. The start of world war 2 happened with japan entering the war in September 27th, 1940. They managed to take control of parts of the French territory now known as Laos Cambodia and Vietnam. The next year the Viet minh is founded a group that tries to get Vietnam’s independence. In March 9th, 1945…

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…

Containment Policy (1945)- Containment was part of the US policy to stop Communism from spreading. During this time, the Soviet Union had gained control over multiple Eastern European countries. The Soviet Union was also planning to take over Greece and Turkey; however, President Truman supplied military and economic help until this threat went away. George Kennan, from the State Department, then called for the Containment Policy to prevent the spread of Communism. In order to also prevent the…

by the skilful and resolute Communist forces, and were defeated at Dien Bien Phu 8 years after the war started (Charles, 1995) After the French defeat, the 1954 Geneva Convention split Vietnam in half, with the Communists ruling the North and Ngo Dinh Diem ruling the south. With the Cold War lingering over the world, Vietnam entered a new conflict. This conflict was between the Communist country in the North, supported…