South Vietnam

my Primary Source Paper on the Vietnam war. The Vietnam war was one of the most controversial wars America has ever been in. It had three other names it was known as; the second Indochina war, resistance war against America, and the American war. The war started November 1 1955 and ended on April 30 1975. It was during the cold war era that happened in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. The first Indochina war occurred from 1946-1954 and was between North and South Vietnam. The Soviet Union and other…

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 Indochina War (Vietnam) during…

Apocalypse Now, made in 1979, was a film about the 1954-1975 Vietnam War, along with the psychological effects and how it’s caused a social issue. This war of “aerial bombing and small guerilla skirmishes” was a very “unpopular war”, as Eric Foner says in Give Me Liberty: Fourth Edition. It is also known that this war was America’s longest war lasting a little over 20 years. As shown in the film, it was a brutal, gruesome, and unwinnable war that only one couldn’t imagine. It is quoted in the…

case of the Vietnam war the US government backed south vietnam ed by the nationalist Ngo Dinh Diem and the communist led north vietnam, two halves which claimed to be the rightful leaders. In the midst of the Vietnam war the Sixties became the essential period in both revolutionizing social norms and ending the Vietnam war. The counterculture influenced music, an example being the beatles, which then led to protests on the streets, influenced by what was happening in Vietnam. The Vietnam war…

. 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…

As conflicts arose internally in Vietnam, the country was eventually split by the 17th parallel dividing Vietnam into two political sides. (Jacobs, 7) While on one hand, North Vietnam favored a Communist government led by the Ho Chi Minh, on the other hand, South Vietnam favored a democracy and was led by Ngo Dinh Diem. Consequently, Washington, with the fear of communism following the domino effect intervened in Vietnam’s affair to prevent the influence of communism on countries such as Lao,…

guerilla group that fought against South Vietnam and the United States during the Vietnam War. With the support of North Vietnamese forces, the Viet Cong would “strike from the shadows” and compete in acts of guerilla warfare. That…

The use of broadcast journalism during the Vietnam War permanently altered the way Americans perceive war. The 1960’s were a big year for television news. It was the decade when famous broadcasts like the Kennedy assassination, Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech and the first televised presidential debate aired. According to PBS article called “TV Milestones”, in 1960 90% of American households owned a television and by 1963 the majority of Americans said they got most of their news…

During the Vietnam War, conscription was prelevant within Australian society causing conflict society and challenging Australia’s stereotypical national identity. Conscription was a contributing factor to the Vietnam War moratoriums, as the lack of freedom and choice during this era, rallied large numbers of people against the Vietnam War. During the Cold War there were several stages of conscription for young men. It first started again in the 1960’s when in 1965 selective conscription was…

The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, was the longest amount of time that the United States armed forces were deployed in hostile combat. This war began on November 1st 1955, and took place in the countries of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The cause for the war to begin was conflict between the governments of North and South Vietnam. Altogether this war lasted around a staggering twenty years, and in the end the outnumbered communist government of North Vietnam prevailed…