Viet Cong

aided by outside counties. The Soviet Union and China the biggest communist powers at the time backed the North Vietnam. In the beginning of the war under Stalin’s regime there was not much support from the Soviet side. Though soviets did consider the Viet Minh as the official leaders of Vietnam their overall support was not big. There were several reasons why Stalin did this. One reason was because Stalin did not want to get on bad terms with the west especially the United States. He was afraid…

strictly defensive operation. They stare at maps, patrol the borders of the military base, go on the occasional patrol outside the base, and dig trenches and pile sandbags up to protect the base. As the months go on, the attacks and contact with the Viet Cong increase and become more and more violent. He is finally seeing the action he had hoped. As the months continue, however, Caputo and his men began to slowly show signs of psychological trauma from the stress they are enduring constantly.…

although fighting for the right reasons. The wrongs he committed just outway any good he did. He failed to follow the Rules of Engagement, as well as frequently killing Viet Cong mercilessly. So in the end of the day Perry killed his own men, almost killed his own guys with a misplaced claymore. As well as the obliteration of many Viet Cong but the worst being his first up close…

but underestimation of the Viet Cong tenacity. The impact and role of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War are huge. To begin with, the main…

lyrics make no reference to any specific war. The Vietnam War began in 1954 when communist North Vietnam, backed by China and the Soviet Union, with their allies in South Vietnam called the Viet Cong wanted to unite their country under a single communist rule. The Southern Vietnamese that were not a part of the Viet Cong, on the other hand, wanted to preserve their government, so they allied with the United States and other anti-communist allies. The United States did not get very involved in…

An analysis of the Tet Offensive reveals stubborn mind sets can lead to strategic intelligence blunders. Many historians and military strategists know the Tet Offensive as the bloodiest time in the Vietnam conflict. Many intelligence professionals could point to certain actions which could have turned the tide of the battle or solidified Allied safety. Setting aside the Status Quo mind set and listening to proven doctrinal concepts fit to adapting to dynamic battlefields could have saved many…

The poem expressed all the things the speaker was thankful for during the war. The speaker didn’t know “what made the grass sway / seconds before the Viet Cong / raised his soundless rifle” (3-5). This imagery informs the reader that the speaker survived a bullet against the Viet Cong because the grass swayed revealing the Viet Cong. The description of the soundless rifle allows the reader to know how dangerous it is during a war because you wouldn’t even know how you died. The speaker was…

The North Vietnamese became stronger and weakened the American Army substantially and increase the anti-war protests dramatically. In a carefully planned attack the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong attacked 13 cities simultaneously at the end of January in 1968. They attacked more cities every day. The aim of the Tet Offensive was to force the United States to stop helping South Vietnam as well as to break the stalemate in the war and get South…

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…

acquiesced President Johnson’s assertion to stop the spread of Communism. In reality, the Viet Cong opposed imperialism, fought for freedom, and were trying to combat the invading country: The United States. In the “In Country” letters, the troops acknowledge the Viet Cong’s guerilla tactics as frightening and genius. According to Lieutenant Robert Michael Ransom, “The enemy is a farmer by day and Viet Cong by night... people with weapons who we recognize as one of those smiling faces we had…