The Vietnam War: The Conflicts In Vietnam

Vietnam got their independence in 1954. Vietnam divided the nation until they could hold an election to have a united Vietnam. A problem then arose, the north wanted a communist government and the south wanted a democratic government. China’s communist government influenced the north. South Vietnam was influenced by the United States to the East. The elections were canceled and North Vietnam attacks the south. The United States was funding and training south Vietnam until 1957. In 1957, an American ship was attacked. That was the point when the United States sent in soldiers and started bombing runs on the North(Cole).

The Vietnam war did not officially start until the 1950's. This is when the U.S. started sending in troops. Before then the French had been trying to conquer what was then called Indochina. They began their conquest in 1859, by 1888 they had turned the area that is now called Vietnam and Cambodia into the Colony of French Indochina. This was challenged many times by different uprisings but none worked as well as the Viet Minh common front( this was controlled by the Vietnamese communist party). During WWII the French were defeated by the Germans. This severely weakened their authority in Vietnam. In 1940 the Japanese invaded and

He feels Yanagi’s pain through the connection but he does not draw attention to it. To be in the heat of a powerplay game such as the one boiling over in Konoha right now is a moment of extreme delicacy and ruthlessness; attachments are withheld, persons numbed down. The rampant mentality is this: eliminate those who are likely to get in one’s way, even if they are friends, or valuable allies. Nobody who lived through the Warring States Era would be unfamiliar with this tenet: do what must be done. And if Tobirama was forced to choose among the Yamanaka twins, he would keep Yanagi alive, simply because she is now the more valuable of the two, even though Yanagi herself and most definitely, not Osamu, would admit it. For to dabble in politics is to know who has value, worth and utility, and who do not.

On November 14, 1965 the first battle of the Vietnam War had begun. This is a war between communism and democracy. The first major part of the war between the United States and Northern Vietnam was the Battle of Ia Drang. The battle erupted in the Ia Drang Valley of the Central Highlands. Lt. Col. Harold Gregory Moore took his 1st Battalion and 7th Calvary sent an assault near the Chu Pong hills. The North Vietnamese's 33rd regiment attacked our troops later that day. The fighting lasted all day and continued into the night however both sides were receiving support throughout the night and next day. Around noon on the 15th more companies arrived and helped Col. Moore giving us the upper hand. Once the three day battle ended, 834 were confirmed

The war in Vietnam was a liberative exertion with respect to the Vietnamese, from provincial enslavement by western forces like France. Further division among the Vietnamese on political lines saw the heightening of the Cold War with the north accepting backing from comrade associates and the south from the US and other non-socialist nations. The US was vigorously included in the Vietnam War considering the expansive number of assets and troopers conveyed in the war-torn nation. Both sides of the Cold War were included to guarantee that neither benefitted from the political division of the nation to influence it to their side. The US was especially worried about the spread of socialism toward the south, in this way the war served to contain

The Vietnam War was one of the bloodiest wars in the history of Vietnam. Vietnam use to be a peaceful country until the idea of communism started spreading across Vietnam. Many wanted to stay democratic but saw what happened to the Germans and started to lean towards communism. Many also wanted to stay democratic and still had it hopes high that it will soon get their lives and economy back on track.

The Vietnam War was probably one the most infamous war in the history of the United States. Vietnam was divided into North and South Vietnam as a result of the Indochina War. North Vietnam belonged to the Communists and its allies after World War II and South Vietnam belonged to the anti-Communist supporters and their allies (the U.S was one of South Vietnam’s allies). It all started as an effort by America to keep South Vietnam away from Communism. Americans feared that if South Vietnam adapted and accepted Communism like North Vietnam did, then the rest of the world would gradually do the same. This was much commonly known as the domino theory. America was afraid that Communism would spread and expand all over South Asia and eventually

After reading “The Vietnam Wars” I found out that the Vietnamese are very proud of their country and culture. First of all, in paragraph one, “The Chinese Dragon”, the author said that “The Trung sisters led the first uprising, then drowned themselves rather than surrender.” This quote from the text explains that the Vietnamese people were so proud of their culture they would rather die than surrender. Secondly, in paragraph three, “Life, Liberty, and Ho Chi Minh,” after defeating the Japanese with the aid of Americans the author says, “Ho mounted a platform in Hanoi’s Da Dinh Square and it was decorated with flowers and banners. During the ceremony the crowd chanted “Doc Lap” while they were granted independence.” Hundreds of thousands showed

“North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that.” I bet you can guess that whoever said this quote was very anti-war. That person is Richard Nixon, thirty-seventh president of the United States. Nixon was the president who ended the war, but which president had beliefs that war was necessary? Thirty-sixth president of the United States, Lyndon Baines Johnson was the accused main blame for starting the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was probably the most controversial war that was ever fought as most people opposed the war and hated Johnson. The war was also very destructive and the facts prove it. The causes of war, the war itself, and the aftermath of the war are all major parts in telling the story of the Vietnam War.

The Vietnam War, a war involving the invigorating power of the superpower America and its democracy and freedom versus the almighty Russia and its tight fist of communism. This infamous war would go on to be one of the most controversial wars to date, but people rarely tend to have the knowledge behind everything that took place in the Vietnam war. You see The United States involvement in the Vietnam War did not do what do anything in the way of stopping communism. Because of this war, many men were killed and wounded for not, Communism was not stopped effectively, and division was spread across America.

The Cold War which started circa 1947 is one of the most renowned wars of all time. This war was also very ironic because the main powers involved, the United States and the Soviet Union, were not always directly fighting against each other but instead supported different subservient countries or regions that would allow them to. This usually resulted in countries and regions becoming fragmented due to some faction fighting with the Soviet Union and the other fighting for the United States. One of the countries which fell victim to this method of war was Vietnam because you had a case where the North Vietnam which was supported by the Soviet Union was fighting against South Vietnam which was supported by the United States. The Vietnam war was

A common mistake among the general public is to talk about the Vietnam War. Technically, it never was declared a war; President Johnson never asked for a declaration of war. It was called the Vietnamese Conflict. He instead only asked for a resolution that would give him the authority to take "all necessary measures to repel any armed attack" against U.S. forces and "to prevent further aggression" (Dougherty). So, with this kind of all-powerful resolution, was there even a necessity for declaring war? Some believe there was a necessity, and that there should have been a declaration of war; others would disagree and say there was no need for a declaration of war. But who really knows the right answer? That question can only be answered on

The year is 1975, its late April, and the North Vietnamese Army, or NVA has reached the outskirts of the capital of the South Vietnamese, Saigon. General Duong Van Minh, who has been president for two days, surrenders Saigon to avoid bloodshed. Even though their leader has given up, many citizens and volunteers prepare to dig in to defend their homes. The United States on the other hand has called a full retreat and are pulling out of the city, the fall of Saigon has begun.

On 2 April 1972, Lt. Col. Iceal Hamilton, call sign BAT-21 Bravo, was a navigator aboard an EB-66C Airplane escorting three B-52s. His plane was hit by a SA-2 surface-to-air missile (SAM). He was the only survivor. Rescue efforts ensued causing it to become the largest single rescue efforts of the Vietnam War. As a direct result, there were 5 aircraft destroyed, 11 Soldiers killed, 2 Soldiers captured, and several other aircraft severely damaged. This rescue mission single handedly changed the way the Air Force conducts Search and Rescue (SAR) operations to this day.

Growing up in the late 1980s in Vietnam, I was getting a more comfortable life than my parents when the economy of Vietnam was on the way of recovery after the Vietnam War. I did not know much about Vietnam War and what my grandparents and my parents had witnessed and experienced. When I was in Vietnam, I have been told repeatedly that it was a 20-year-Resistance-War against America from 1954 to 1975 between the government of South Vietnam and North Vietnam. My family was in Danang City in Central region, so my parents did not involve directly in the war because they were not soldiers. Nevertheless, the war had a great impact on people’s lives from North to South region. This event was a great landmark in the history of Vietnam and America.