South Vietnam

you ever wondered if the Vietnam Conflict was ever really necessary? Many people did from the day President Johnson dispatched 3,500 soldiers to the shores of Danang in 1956, to the day the conflict ended. The Vietnam Conflict was a fight between the anti-communists of the Southern Vietnamese people and their allies and the Northern Vietnamese people and their allies. South Vietnam’s ally was the United States so; the U.S. helped South Vietnam try to defeat North Vietnam. The American troop’s…

The Vietnam War and Its Effects on America From 1955 to 1975, a long, hideous war raged on throughout Asia. North Vietnam and their allies, the Viet Cong, faced off against South Vietnam and their U.S. allies over the communist control of North Vietnam (Tran & Fermoyle, 2012). The war ultimately ended with the U.S. withdrawing their forces and South Vietnam surrendering to the communist North. Aside from the loss of millions of lives, the war had costly effects on the face of America. At…

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 Japan takes the final control away from the French in Indo China. They place Bao Dai in power of Vietnam making it seem…

The Tet Offensive Introduction Statement: Thesis: The Tet Offensive was the decisive factor in determining the outcome of the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. The Tet Offensive was a major series of attacks following the holiday of Tet. The leaders of the Tet Offensive. The leaders of the United States were Lyndon B. Johnson and William Westmoreland. The main leader of the communist forces was Vo Nguyen Giap. The United States agreed to a temporary truce prior to the Tet Offensive.…

communists shattered the Tết Truce with such devastation and violence.” The Vietnam War was raging, a battle between the North Vietnamese with the Việt Cộng against the South Vietnamese and their allies, the U.S. 1954 was the end of the First Indochina War and 1955 marked the beginning of the Vietnam War. The Tết Offensive was a series of synchronized, surprise attacks by the North Vietnamese and Việt Cộng on the people of South Vietnam from January 30 to February 25, 1968. The conflict affected…

All post world war II presidents have had some involvement in the Vietnam conflict, but does that mean we blame them all for this failure? Does the sins of Lyndon B. Johnson equal Harry S. Truman? Of course not, each president had different levels of involvement, and such the blame should not be equally shared. Lyndon B. Johnson should be held the most responsible for the lives, and money lost followed by Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and the least accountable Harry S.…

Vietnam War is one of the wars that United States of America was a part of during the cold war to fight against the communism. Frdrick Dowes throghout his book says that this war was a surprise to him and he didnt expect so much brutality to happen. The war lasted for more than 20 years from 1954-1975 according to encyclopeadia britanicca and was one of the biggest indochina wars.The war itself had many casualties that even caused uprisings in the homefront. There are still veterans who have not…

growing problem in Vietnam (Young 105). He continued to be involved in South Vietnam because he did not want the U.S to lose their prestige and did not want to show weakness to the Communists. By the mid- 60s, the war in Vietnam began to escalate as more troops were being sent to Vietnam. As the war dragged on, Johnson’s popularity amongst the American citizens lowered. Therefore to ensure Johnson’s popularity amongst the American citizens, secret memos of what was happening in Vietnam at the…

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…

WWII vs Vietnam War Reason War Began: a. World War II: Started in Europe on September third 1939, when the Head administrator of England, Neville Chamberlain, announced war on Germany. It included large portions of the world 's nations. It was begun by Germany in an unmerited assault on Poland. England and France pronounced war on Germany after Hitler had declined to prematurely end his invasion of Poland. Vietnam War: Started in the late 1950 's as a contention between the United…