The Vietnam War: The Inevitable Spread Of Communism

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

The Vietnam War began in 1954 after years of conflict stretching back to the 1940s between the communist regime of North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was attempting to make South Vietnam a communist country; since we are a democracy, the United States opposes the views of communist countries, and because we feared the spread of communism the United States became involved as an ally of South Vietnam. The war ended in 1975, resulting in disastrous effects on Vietnam and America. The assertion of the United States in this war rose controversy among Americans, and I disagree with our involvement in the Vietnam War because of the United States’ reasons to fight.

Vietnam was a French colony dating back to mid 1800s. Vietnam was meant as a farming colony where they would grow things such as tobacco, tea, and coffee. The French treated their colony poorly by denying civil

The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era conflict that started in 1946 and ended in 1974, taking nearly 30 years to resolve. The war was fundamentally a conflict between North Vietnam and South Vietnam, where the North was communist and South was not. The United States, France, the United Kingdom and other non-communist allies supported the non-communist South Vietnam. China, Russia (USSR), Cuba, Cambodia and other Communist allies supported the regime in the north. North Vietnam saw the United States involvement in the North as foreign aggression, so they fought guerilla wars against the anti-communist forces in the region. Guerilla forces (the Viet Cong) and the regular North Vietnamese Army were responsible for fighting the anticommunist forces. The conflict mainly consisted of small battles until the onset of air attacks -- part of an overall strategy of massive bombing and search-and-destroy operations, which South Vietnam and the Americans hoped would win the war.

The Vietnam War was cause do to The United States wanting to stop the continuation of Communism, this war however had major consequences on several societies and communities. The war caused many American casualties and the soldiers who did survive suffer from many mental and physical problems to this day nearly forty-three years later. The Vietnam war was well known for its chemical warfare. The two most common chemicals were substances called napalm and agent orange. The war was also well known as America's biggest mistake for warfare. Soldiers who served were disrespected and disgraced after their return. And many of the politicians in office were threatened and the government was beginning to fall apart do to miscommunication.

For decades in the United States the Cold war remained one of the biggest political issues. However, the divisive point of the Cold War era was the Vietnam War in the thousands of Americans were killed and back home in the United States a civil war almost broke out.

Just imagine coming home to people who are unappreciative of other people risking their lives, fighting for their own country. The Vietnam War began over an argument between North Vietnam and South Vietnam about communism. American troops deployed in Vietnam to fight with the South during the Vietnam War, because they did not support communism. The Northern Vietnam troops were in support of communism and the Southern troops were not. The war went on for about 20 years, from 1955 until 1875. When the American soldiers who fought in Vietnam returned home, they were mistreated and unappreciated for their service.

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 Vietnamese Nationalist won Victory over French forces in 1954. The violence and causes of the Vietnam War actually derived from the cold war. The main reason for the Vietnam War was spread of the belief in Communism all around South Asia. Neither the Soviet Union nor the US had the chance of risking war against one another. Before World War two, Vietnam was actually a part of the French Empire. While the war was going on, Vietnam was run by Japanese. When the Japanese had finally withdrew, the Vietnamese decided to move forward and initiate their own land with the leader called Ho Chi

The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War was a clash between communist forces who are allied with the Viet Cong and South Vietnam allied with the United States of America. The “roots” of the war started during the 1940’s when Japan “invaded and occupied Vietnam” which has been under French rule for more than 50 years. It all started with Ho Chi Minh, a communist revolutionary who established the Viet Minh, an organization “whose goal was to get rid Vietnam of the French and Japanese occupiers” .

America’s devotion to capitalism triggered a constant fight against communism, which was spread throughout the world. Ronald H. Spector, a military historian, states from Britannica encyclopedia that, “Not until 1995 did Vietnam release its official estimate of war dead: as many as 2 million civilians on both sides and some 1.1 million North Vietnamese and Vietcong fighters. The U.S. military has estimated that between 200,000 and 250,000 South Vietnamese soldiers died in the war” (Spector 1). Surprisingly 250,000 of the Vietnamese soldiers were killed, while the civilian deaths were nearly ten times more devastating. Moreover, demonstrating the effects of the Vietnam War and the lost lives as a result. The US government and military caused the murders of innocent lives, and constant deaths and rape. These horrendous acts were all committed in the name of capitalism and freedom, with the selfish desire to expand their socioeconomic influence. Regulating the formation of such governments is not America's responsibility. They had no right to interfere in Vietnam in the name of capitalism, thrusting the country into war and devastation. Trying to wipe the stain will be difficult, the 2 million lives lost cannot be brought back. However the fear and hatred felt towards communism not only affected the Vietnam War but also the Cold War.

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.

Ho sought international recognition for the newly independent Vietnam but these overtures were ignored by all major leaders, including US president Harry Truman. Meanwhile, continuing violence and unrest in Vietnam provided the French with a pretext for returning troops to its former colony. France’s attempt to revive colonialism in Vietnam triggered the First Indochina War, with Ho leading the Viet Minh against the French, while refusing several offers of a negotiated peace. Following the division of Vietnam at the Geneva conference in 1954, Ho and the Viet Minh established themselves in the country’s north. There he mimicked the early policies of Chinese leader Mao Zedong by redistributing land to peasants, while encouraging the interrogation

“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.

The decolonization and nonviolent resistance of India showed other nationals that it was not impossible to stand up to an overpowering empire. This display of independence by India inspired many others within Asia and Africa. Yet one other factor seemed to illuminate light at the end of the tunnel for subjugated countries and that was the nonaligned strategy. This was a vow of neutrality to all others meaning, it would not get involved during times of war and sit back and let events unfold. That way they would not be pressured and/or influenced by warring nations.