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    conflict of the Dien Bien Phu and ended French involvement in Indochina. The Vietnam War and active U.S. involvement in the war started in 1954. This victory led to the Geneva Conference where the French and Viet Minh negotiated a ceasefire agreement. Back in 1950, it was clear that the United States was not available in the war in any serious way. The North Vietnamese government and the Viet Cong were fighting to reunify vietnam. They viewed the warfare as a colonial war and a

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    The Americanization was the period when the United States truly began taking over the Vietnam War. President Lyndon B. Johnson began to release for the first a juncture of air attacks and during the Americanization, this is when the war begins to escalate to a new different level. Within more involvement in Vietnam the United States came to have a more knowledgeable comprehension of Vietnam. The United States began to take a more serious notice of the Viet Cong (VC), the National Liberation

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    The Vietnam war was a modern day cold war between north and south Vietnam in 1962. This war lasted for 20 years and took too many lives from both sides. The Vietnam War involved China, The Soviet Union, America and Australia. This essay will discuss the significance of Australia’s involvement in the war, more specifically the Combat-Soldiers, who were the main fighters in the battle field, and Royal Australian Air Force, who were the ones who flew around Vietnam doing supply drops for the soldiers

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    Australia had quite a large involvement in the Vietnam War and it is still considered an important part of our history, as it is the longest Australia has been involved in any war. We were involved in the war from 1962 to 1972 and roughly 60000 Australian men and women served there. Our initial involvement was with military advisors to support the South Vietnamese army and then that escalated to sending fighting troops, as it was more difficult for the South Vietnamese army to defeat the Viet Cong

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    might think of the Vietnam Conflict. The Vietnam Conflict built up over the years. While it was under French regulation, Vietnam was later seized by Japan in World War II. However, Ho Chi Minh, an activist for communism, created the Viet Minh and overthrew the Emperor Bao when the Japanese left, effectively letting Viet Minh create the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. However, France still wanted to control and backed Bao in the southern region. The fight eventually ended with Vietnam being split at the

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    involved. Before they were fulling engaged, some US troops were serving as advisers and were sending equipment to South Vietnam. I believe the United States involvement wasn't justified for many reasons. In 1964, the United States congress allowed the US to enter into the war in Vietnam. By 1965 more than 180,000 US troops were in fighting and planes began to bomb North Vietnam. We had the most advanced army in the world. We had multiple strategies. We began fighting guerrilla warfare in the unfamiliar

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    The Vietnam War 1/10 soldiers that either volunteered or were drafted was killed during the events of the Vietnam War The Vietnam War was a conflict between the North and South of Vietnam along with the USA. Over 1.5 million Vietnam citizens were killed during the war. Although conflict in Vietnam had already arisen, the War and active US involvement began in 1954. The roots of the war come from Emperor Bao Dai and political leader, Ho Chi Minh, had different ideas for the future of Vietnam. More

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    Involvement in the Vietnam War Over thirty years ago the Vietnam War ended, and the U.S. came back home with their tails between their legs and nothing to show for other than a high number of casualties, and a huge pile of debt. The U.S. underestimated the North Vietnamese army, and it was costly. Many believe that the Vietnam War was none of the U.S. business, but on the contrary, many believe we should have tried to stop the spread of communism. The long-lasting Vietnam War was unnecessary

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    The defeat of the French is a key point that led to increased US involvement in the problems in Vietnam. After the defeat of the French the country split in to two, the North being communist and the south being the opposite. The north which the leader of the time was Ho Chi Minh wanted to take over the south. America did not want this to occur because it would cause the domino theory to take action which directly links to countries that are in American interest. The Americans began to fear that

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    during the vietnam war the US fought two wars at the same time the one in vietnam and the one back home between the government and its people. As time went by the US knew they had no chance of winning the war in vietnam so the US then tried to bring home all its troops and get out of vietnam. When a ceasefire agreement was made on February 1972 the US evacuated their troops and left the Hmong soldiers who were left behind to fight the North Vietnamese bye themselves. After US left the Hmong people

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