themselves. During World War 2 the French were invaded by Germany and they lost their control of Vietnam. Soon the Japanese would seek control of Vietnam and occupied them until 1945. They pulled out after World War 2, probably because they were crippled after the war. The United States defeated the Japanese in World War 2 and soon enough we saw North Vietnam a threat. Ho Chi Minh occupied North Vietnam and influenced by the ideology of communism. France went back to Vietnam because they disagreed
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Introduction……………………………………………………………………………… 2 Causes of the war…………………...…………………………………………………… 3 United States Involvement in the war………………………………………………….. 4 The Vietcong……………………………………………………………………………. 5 Australia Involvement in war…………………………………………………………… 7 The Vietnam War Timeline……………………………………………………………. 9 The War Aftermath…………………………………………………………………….. 10 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………. 11 Works Cited…………………………………………………………………………….. 13 Vietnam War Introduction The Vietnam War took place between 1955
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THE VIETNAM WAR The Vietnam War was fought to protect democracy and prevent Asia from falling into communist control. It started when France lost control of Vietnam during World War II. When the Viet-Minh led by communist leader Ho Chi-Minh took Hanoi the capitol of Vietnam. Ho Chi-Minh then declared Vietnam an independent country, but France refused to recognize Ho Chi-Minh’s declaration and returned to Vietnam. This caused Ho Chi-Minh’s forces to attack French forces starting the First
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Vietnam War J.Gibbon CHA3U T.Rotskas 30/05/14 By far one of the most significant war and one of the most controversial wars in American History is the Vietnam War. Considerably the most unsuccessful war, although it was extremely influential impact to America. The Vietnam War was a controversial event across the United States in the late 60’s up to the early 70’s. Not because of the fact that the US was losing the war, but for every other aspect as well. What was it really worth? Was
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The Vietnam War The Vietnam War was a brutal and very costly war. The U.S.A got in a fight to try and resist the spreading of communism. I believe the war was costly but the U.S.A did have good reasons for getting involved. Chapter 51 The decisive battle of the First Indochina War began in March 1954, when Viet Minh launched a surprise attack on a large French military base at Dien Bien Phu, in the mountains of northern Vietnam. They soon had the base surrounded. They soon had the base surrounded
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The Vietnam War After World War II ended, the world was polarized. The Communist World, was composed of the Soviet Union and its satellites and allies, and the powers of the Western world, was composed of the United States and its allies. They have different political systems and opposite ideologies. Both of them want to expand their influence in the world. So, they clashed with each other. Since World War II just ended, both of their powers greatly weakened by the war, so they did
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December 3, 2014 Vietnam War The United States got involved in Vietnam was to stop the “Domino Theory.” The domino theory is when a country becomes Communist then another becomes Communist. We got involved to help the French, who were trying to fight them before we even got involved. In July of 1950 The United States Pledged fifteen million worth of military aid to help France fight Vietnam. In the 50s Eisenhower sent advisors to help train French to retaliate against Vietnam and in the 60s JFK
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have included a list of movies that are set during the Vietnam War. I feel that each movie showed a different and emotionally raw part of what war truly looks like on the front line. First Full Metal Jacket is a movie that follows soldier from two different views the first is boot camp and later when they are shipped off to fight during the war. I think it would be beneficial for students to see this movie because it shows our approach as a military at that time to break down our soldiers to find
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1975, The United States was involved in The Vietnam War, the longest ever fought by the United States. This war was a struggle of power between North Vietnam, which was supported by its communist allies, and South Vietnam, which was backed by the United States. To this day, the involvement of the United States in Vietnam remains a topic of great debate. It is difficult to pinpoint the exact origin and reason for the US intervention in Vietnam. Vietnam was previously a French Colony. However, France
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Failure in Vietnam The Vietnam War was one of the most controversial and bloodiest wars in United States history. This war was unique, because it was the first war that media outlets covered it to an extreme, bringing graphic images of the war to homes across the country. The question many historians will ask about this war is how could the U.S, the most powerful military in the world, lose despite winning every major battle? That is where this essay will go into how a defeat in Vietnam started all
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The Vietnam War was from 1959 to 1975. Vietnam was fighting even before the war began. It was said to be the greatest generation of fighters. The French ruled Vietnam, it has five colonies that were smaller, Tonkin (North Vietnam), Cochin-China (South Vietnam), Annam (mainly in the mountains) and Loas and Cambodia. In December 1941, Japanese attacked the colonies of Singapore and Malaya. President Roosevelt didn’t like the Indochina government because they were with Japan during the war. They
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Vietnam War Vietnam War-1954-1975 The Vietnam War was the prolonged struggle between nationalist forces attempting to unify the country of Vietnam under a communist government and the United States. During the Second World War Southeast Asia had been under Japanese control however in 1945 the French re-occupied Indo-China. A nationalist group, the Vietminh, eventually surrounded and wiped out the French occupying army and America was dragged into fighting a disastrous war in Vietnam. More than
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The Vietnamese were controlled by France from 1859 until the defeat of France in World War II. The French had lost their power and Vietnam gained independence But, the French would not give up without a fight. They still wanted control over Vietnam. The only way they could do this was to fight for the land The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was fought between France and Vietnam. Dien Bien Phu was the name of the city that the battle was fought in; therefore, you get the name of the battle. The Vietnamese
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The Vietnam War was the longest and most controversial war Australia has ever fought. Although initially having wide spread support due to concerns about the spread of communism in Southeast Asia, as Australia's military involvement increased a number of anti-war movement developed. To a large extent this focused upon conscription, which had been an issue in Australia dating back to the First World War; however, considerable portions of society were opposed to the war on political and moral grounds
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2.WHY WERE WE IN VIETNAM? WRITE A COHERENT ESSAY EXPLAINING AMERICA'S INVOLVEMENT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. PLEASE USE MATERIAL FROM O‘ BRIEN, LECTURES, THE TEXT AND HEARTS & MINDS. The end of World War II brought many changes to the United States. Some were domestic, like the end of the economic depression through the construction of factories for war supplies and by extension the creation of more jobs. Some of the biggest changes that had long-lasting effects, however, were at the international level
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THE FIRST LOST WAR During the Vietnam War millions of lives were impacted. I had the opportunity to interview Sgt. Kenneth Leland, a 71 year old retired veteran, about how his life was changed during the War. ”I first volunteered for the Marines at nineteen (1961), served four years and was discharged (1964). I volunteered for Vietnam, at age twenty-two (1965), nine months after I was first discharged.” Though he didn’t have any support from his family he did his best everyday carrying out
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2014 CAHH Vietnam Anti-War Movement During the Vietnam War the United States took an anti-war stance. This approach caused the United States to protect their public image, forced them to sign a peace treaty, and withdraw its remaining forces. In 1950, the United States became directly involved in Vietnam when President Harry Truman began to underwrite the costs of France’s war against Viet Minh. During the year of 1964, senators had begun to criticize American involvement in Vietnam which led
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Loewenstern Period 2 2/24/15 Military Innovations in the Vietnam War No Regard for Human Life The Vietnam War started on November 1, 1955 and ended on April 30, 1975. In that time a shocking 1.3 million to 3.9 million people died. America got involved in the war because of its goal to stop the spread of communism, and it was willing to do anything to achieve its mission. It wasn’t just the large amount of people that died that made the war so horrific, but it was the manner in which they died. Due
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History Through Film Monday, May 27, 2013 Vietnam War Through Film Through Full Metal Jacket, Hamburger Hill, and Platoon, we have been shown three different portrayals of the Vietnam War. The Vietnam war was a war between the north Vietnamese communists who were supported by china and the south Vietnamese the All three movies choose to show Vietnam in its own way. The Vietnam war was one of the most unsupported wars in us history. The war was also happening during the civil rights movement
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Debate Case [Catch your judges’ attention with a smart introduction. Include concession, and state your position on the resolution.] Drinking alcohol at a young is frowned upon by many people that think drinking is bad for you. But really drinking is not bad for you. It has many health benefits if you drink in moderation. But the law makes us young people wait till we are 21 experience all of the health benefits that come along with drinking in moderation. If the age limit is
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literary scholars have struggled with the “truth” in one of O’Brien’s most famous works, The Things They Carried, a collection of twenty-two tales on the Vietnam War that stand alone just as strongly as they tie together. Although O’Brien is a Vietnam War veteran, unwillingly drafted in 1968 and serving until 1970, he purposively fictionalizes the war experience throughout The Things They Carried while simultaneously insisting that the essence of the work is true, a notion that many scholars question
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When fighting battle you have to have a plan in place that protects not only the people fighting the war but civilians who otherwise would be safe if a battle were not being fought around them. ROE (Rules of Engagement) was created for just that. They were created to reduce the chance of friendly fire incidents and hurting or killing innocent people. It is international law regarding conduct of war and the protection of civilians. “ ROE are driven by three sets of considerations: policy, legal,
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Critique: A Bright Shining Lie This movie, based on actual events of a man in the Vietnam War, gives a fairly good overview of what actually happened. As it is a movie, however, it may be presumed that some events are dramatized more than they actually were. John Paul Vann, a civilian who seems to struggle with getting ahead in the military department, seems to have ideas that others do not that could help win the war. He is relentlessly pressing for them, giving conferences and releasing articles
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The Battle of Long Tan May 1966, we were sent soldiers which formed the sixth battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR). The soldiers arrived in South Vietnam, in sections, over a period of two months from May to June. This battalion was based at our developing Australian task force base at Nui Dat. This base was in the middle of the Phuoc Tuy Province, right in the heart of the Viet Cong stronghold. Around our base we created a line alpha, which was 4000 metres around us that was cleared out
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Introduction The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. Before the Vietnam War, it was believed that any problem can solved with the use of military. But in Vietnam War, countries like USA, become to know that, war is not a solution of every problem in Southern Asia. In this war, one side was represented by the USA, who had the support of west European countries and other side was
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The Vietnam War Before looking through the history of the Second Indo China War, we need to go through some points of the pre-history of the war and get the general idea about this particular event. Furthermore we’ll look through some of the most important conflicts, relationships between countries and various perspectives of this certain incident. The Vietnam War was not a fight between just the two governments in the same country. It was more like a worldwide war, where two most strong
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the second Indochinese war. To focus solely on the military strategies of the second Indochinese war is to limit one’s understanding of the complicated and unconventional nature of a war not open to purely military solutions. As discussed below, it seems apparent that it was the ability of the Communists, under consistent and unified leadership, to effectively combine their strategic and tactical efforts in the political, military, and diplomatic dimensions of the war which lead to their eventual
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The Vietnam War The Vietnam War which started in 1954 and lasted roughly about nineteen years all the way to 1975. The causes of the Vietnam War similar to the Cold War, and the simple belief from America that the communist ways were going to spread all over south-east Asia. America did not want the plague of communism to spread even further than what It was. Russia and the United States could not afford an all-out war against each other considering both countries have nuclear weapons at that time
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Just War – Was the Vietnam War justifiable? The Vietnam War occurred between the years of 1959-75, involving the Viet Cong against the Republic of Vietnam and the USA. It is arguable that the war was a civil war that the United States of America simply impeded on. Whether or not the involvement of the USA was justifiable comes is questionable. Casualties: United States: 58,119 killed, 153,303 wounded, 1,948 missing in action South Vietnam 230,000 killed and 1,169,763 wounded (estimated) North Vietnam
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involved in the Vietnam War? Australia became involved in the Vietnam War for a number of reasons. The reasons were based on politics, strategy and defence. The main reasons Australia became involved in were because of a fear and threat of communism arose due to its expanding, to keep true to the SEATO and ANZUS treaties that were signed, to support the United States following WWII and to gain a connection with the United States and to support the fellow anti-communist state of South Vietnam. In my opinion
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