Army of the Republic of Vietnam

1940’s Vietnam was trying to break free of French reign over their country. During this time period Vietnam was split into two parts, north and south. The Japanese had decided to take over Vietnam in 1942. They couldn’t capture all of Vietnam, so they decided to retreat. North Vietnam proclaimed independence on September 2, 1945 as the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The State of Vietnam declared independence on June 14, 1949, but remained under French rule until August 1, 1954. South Vietnam was the

Vietnam During World War II Between 1939-1945 The Vietnamese guerrillas (Viet Minh) had been fighting the French and the Japanese. Before the Second World War the French ruled Vietnam, then the Japanese took over, when this happened the communist leader Ho Chi Minh who set up the Vietminh in 1945 fought the Japanese and defeated them. When the Japanese were defeated the French tried to rule Vietnam again

Vietnam War The Vietnam War was a result of pitting the communist North Vietnam government against South Vietnam. The United States was South Vietnam’s greatest ally and the war lasted from November 1, 1955, until April 30th, 1975. Vietnam is located on the far right side of Southeast Asia, next to the Indochinese peninsula. It had been under French rule since the 19th century. In the midst of World War II, Japanese forces invaded Vietnam. Vietnam’s political leader, Ho Chi Minh, had to try and fight

Secretary of Defense in 1961, said about the Vietnam War, “It is important to recognize it’s a South Vietnamese war. It will be won or lost depending upon what they do. We can advise and help, but they are responsible for the final results, and it remains to be seen how they will continue to conduct that war,'; (McNamara 72). Despite these guidelines for assisting in the war, the U.S. would end up doing much more than just advising. The Vietnam War was supposed to be a demonstration

is a possibility of two experts each having varying beliefs within a discipline. The reader will be exposed to the ideas that the United States won, and lost the Vietnam war (1955-75). To better understand how experts can disagree on a subject, one should have some background knowledge of the subject. After the rise of the Soviet Republic, and the socialist ideals of communism were gaining popularity, among eastern European countries, and south Asian countries. The United States had a great fear of

Vietnam War In the 1950's, the United States had begun to send troops to Vietnam and during the following 25-year period, the ensuing war would create some of the strongest tensions in US history. Almost 3 million US men and women were sent thousands of miles to fight for what was a questionable cause. In total, it is estimated that over 2 million people on both sides were killed. This site does not try to document the entire history of the Vietnam War but is intended as a picture essay, illustrating

The Vietnam War The Vietnam war was a very hard and emotional time for many people. From the vietnamese to the u.s., the vietnam war was a tradgedy. People said that the vietnam war had been the longest lasting battle that took place in the cold war. The whole thing started because the vietnamese wasnted to have their independence. They no longer wanted to be under the control of france. France did not want to give up the land that they had ruled for years. France was getting supplies

Indo-China.” It is also no exaggeration to say that France’s disastrous defeats in the early part of World War II were to be a major factor in France's ultimate loss of its Indochinese colonies of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Various reasons account for the withdrawal of the French from Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia) by 1954. Since the start of the French Colonization of Indochina around 1893, tension was present in both parties which was only deepened by the series of occurrences and notions

Impact of Vietnam War on American Culture The Vietnam War began in 1954 when Ho Chi Minh and his communist Viet Minh party came into power in North Vietnam. The Vietnam Conflict was one of the most costly and long conflict which was basically between the communist regime of North Vietnam & its southern supporter and South Vietnam and its main supporter United States. There were more than 3 million people that were killed in this war, 58, 000 were the American Soldiers and Vietnamese civilians were

The wars in Indochina and Vietnam ravaged the landscape for decades. The strive for Vietnamese independence was fought for years by men and women across the country. Who were these people and why did they fight? Two of the more interesting men who fought for Vietnamese independence were Truong Nhu Tang, and Lam Quang Thi. Truong was a member of the southern Vietnamese intelligentsia who would later become a key member of the National Liberation Front(NLF), that would be instrumental in fighting