The 1979 Film Apocalypse Now

The Vietnam War began soon after World War II. At first , in 1946, the war was between the Vietnamese and the French. The government was French, but many Vietnamese people did not want a French government. They wanted the French to leave so they could have their own government. The Vietnamese fought hard, and slowly they won more and more land. By 1953. The French army was in trouble. They were not winning the war. French soldiers were dying and the war was costing a lot of money. So, in 1954, the French army stopped fighting and left Vietnam.

The Vietnam war, also called the Indochina War , may be said to have started in 1957 when Communist-led rebels began mounting terrorists attacks against the government of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam). The rebel forces, commonly called the Vietcong, were later aided by troops of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). American combat personnel were formally committed to the defense of the South in 1965. An agreement calling for a ceasefire was signed in January 1973, and by March the few remaining U.S. millitary personnel in Vietnam were withdrawn. However, the war between the two Vietnamese sides persisted inconclusively for two additional years before South Vietnamese resistance

In the beginning of the Vietnam War was on the first of November, and war finally ended on April 30th 1975. This Vietnam war was very horrible. Not only was it a hard time for the soldiers but also back home. This war took place in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand. Even though the war was in Viet Cong against South Vietnam. The United States was the primary ally for South Vietnam. It happened because Communism was threatening to expand all over South-East Asia.

In the movie, “Apocalypse Now” from 1979, we are shown, through the characters changing characterisation and the movies script, the horrors of the Vietnam war, and how the soldier fighting the war, is affected by it. We are given an idea of what it takes to fight and win a war.

The Vietnam War was a war that was fought to stop the spread of communism in Vietnam. The United States, officially at the beginning of the war, were not really involved and only sent a few troops over.The United States found out that the Northern part of Vietnam was getting help from the Soviet Union and communist China, so they began to send more troops. The Vietnam war officially started when this information was found out. The spread of communism had to be stopped and the Southern point of Vietnam was the good part or so the United States thought. In essence the war was about trying to stop communists rule from spreading in Vietnam and the US did their best to stop this from happening and wouldn’t give up until it was stopped.

The Vietnam War was a bloody dispute that lasted 20 years, from 1955 to 1975. After winning its own independence from France in 1954, the country itself split into two parts, North and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was led by Ho Chi Minh, a communist leader who lead his country into its revolution against the French. The North had a communist style government styled off of the successful Communist revolution in Russia. The South on the other hand, was backed up by the United States and had an anti-communist government led by Ngo Dinh Diem. Diem was a very repressive leader though, and soon enough a guerilla force made up of communists now called the ‘Viet Cong’ started to attack and kill Southern Vietnamese government officials. The Viet Cong

The Vietnam War began in 1954 and came to an end in 1975. It was a conflict that set in opposition the communist regime of North Vietnam and the Viet Cong

The Vietnam War was the longest war in the history of the United States it lasted from 1959-1975. Billions of dollars was spent trying to win and unwinnable war. Countless of lives were lost and America failed to achieve its objective. The origins of the war stem from the Indochina wars that occurred in the late 40s and early 50s. After many years of colonial war, the Viet Minh a communist group led by Ho Chi Minh sought independence for Vietnam. The French were not reluctant to let go of their crowning jewel without a fight. The French were aided militarily by the Unites States who sought the membership of France to the NATO and were willingly to provide as much aid to ensure that they won the war and Vietnam did not fall to communism. This led to an eight year war which culminated with the defeat of the French at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. A cease fire was issued and peace agreements known as the Geneva Accords where drawn during the 1954 Geneva Conference. The agreement issued a temporary division of Vietnam along the 17th parallel which created a Communist North Vietnam led by Ho Chi Minh and a democratic South Vietnam led by prime minister Ngo Dinh Diem. Vietnam was supposed to unify after the nationwide election of 1956 which Diem refuse to acknowledge.

The Vietnam War was a direct result of the First Indochina War (1946-1954) between France and Viet Minh. A “third” Vietnam War began between North and South Vietnam but without U.S. involvement. Communist ended it in victory in April 1975. It was not a place you wanted to be.

The Vietnam War began in the year 1954, after the ascension to power of Ho Chi Minh, who was a communist leader in North Vietnam. The leader was spreading communism, and because the United States wanted to stop the spread, it sent military troops to aid South Vietnamese to stop this vice. The war saw about 3million people die with the inclusion of 58,000 American soldiers. About 150,000 people were wounded during the war. In 1975, South Vietnamese government surrendered the war after the communist forces forced them to surrender. Vietnam unified communism and became a Socialist Republic. Although decades have passed since the occurrence of the Vietnam war, the American culture, which was partly born as a result of this war, is celebrated

In a stark contrast with the film We Were Soldiers, Apocalypse Now embraces the darkness, fear, and hypocrisy that is the Vietnam War. If you were to watch these two movies about the Vietnam War, you would think that the US military forces were two separate entities. As Randall Wallace showcases the strength of American values and honor associated with the Vietnam War in We Were Soldiers, Francis Ford Coppola, director of Apocalypse Now, tears down the substance of these American values and unveils the hypocritical nature of the United States’ involvement in Vietnam through an interesting plot. This film follows Army Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) as he returns to Vietnam for a second tour of duty, but this time on a classified mission unlike

It was a long costly armed conflict between the Viet Cong or North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and its principal ally the United States. It was the longest war in American history and the most unpopular American war of the 20th century (“Overview of The Vietnam War”). The Wars roots began before World War II, Vietnam had been part of the French Empire. During the war the country had been overrun by the Japanese. When the Japanese retreated the people of Vietnam took the opportunity to establish their own government lead by Chi Ho Minh while the French were not focused on Vietnam at that time period. Once the French settled down they announced their intention of reclaiming the North which meant the Viet Minh, which were Chi Ho Minh’s followers had to fight to keep their independence. The war began when the french bombarded a part of Haiphong and killing 6,000 people (Truman). In 1954 Chi Ho Minh rose to power and so did his Viet Minh communist party in North Vietnam. America got involved when they realized that communism was expanding all over South Asia (“Vietnam War History”), (Truman). It is important to learn more about the war’s origin to better understand the importance of

The Vietnam War started on the first day of November in 1955. The main opponents were the United States and South Vietnam against North Vietnam and the Vietcong. The Americans wanted to contain communism in fear of it spreading to other countries while the North Vietnamese wanted to unite both parts of Vietnam. At first, the Americans only trained South Vietnamese troops to do all of the fighting while the North Vietnamese employed the Vietcong to help their military take over South Vietnam. Despite having a successful military campaign, the United States lost the Vietnam War politically.

The war in Vietnam lasted 20 years from 1955 to 1975. The war was between North Vietnam, and South Vietnam. The North was communist and supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist countries, and the South was supported by the United States, Australia, and other anti-communist countries. Many people were against the war and there were many protest and artists protested as well.

“The Vietnam war was a costly and very long conflict that eroded the communist regime of North Vietnam and its allies against the South Vietnam and its ally, us the United States of America (Unknown Source).” The Vietnam War began on the eve of 1959, causing a struggle between two of our major national forces. These two forces were attempting to unify the country the both love, Vietnam.