Josie Ho

Following the conclusion of World War II, the world began to see a ray of light. Six years of international turmoil culminated into the bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, promptly followed by the Japanese surrender to the Allied Powers. The Western world enjoyed prosperity following the end of World War II, with America having the richest of gains. However, the future was not as bright for those outside of Western society. Many nations were under colonial rule by Western powers, and movements began

citizens and was largely unsuccessful. One of the most effective leaders of resistance to the French was the scholar Phan Boi Chau, who wrote nationalist works and criticized French imperialism. Out of Phan Boi Chau’s works during World War II rose Ho Chi Minh, the leader of the

and injuries. In WWII, Japan took over vietnam. The French also wanted to take over. Not long after that, Ho Chi Minh created the Viet Minh to fight against them. They fought until 1954 at Dien Bien Phu, the battle that defeated the French. After that, the Japanese removed their troops leaving Bao Dai in charge, the Viet Minh seized Hanoi and declared the Democratic Republic of Vietnam with Ho Chi Minh as the president.

The American involvement in Vietnam War began in 1950 with the first shipment of military supplies to the French. (Graham, 2016) The conflict involved over 2.5 million soldiers while 58,183 US personnel were killed and over a span of twenty-four years. Air Defense systems such as the HAWK, Vulcan, Quad 50, and Duster deployed to Vietnam for the protection of assets as well as providing forward area air defense and fire support to ground forces. These systems provided a strategic advantage and deterred

The Vietnam War is thought of as one of the most significant events in United States history. It was fought over the course of two decades and three United States presidencies. American involvement in the Vietnam War is one of the most highly debated topics discussed today. The United States began their involvement by supporting the French with one billion dollars per year to assist in containing the chaos in Vietnam. Once the French failed, the United States continued to supply money, firearms,

In the recent decades since the Vietnam conflict there have been debates over whether U.S. leaders and military personnel or the common U.S. people had a greater impact on the outcome of the conflict. At first glance it may seem like the common people played a greater role in the outcome of Vietnam because the large number of antiwar protests put pressure on the leaders to withdrawal troops. However, when the situation is further examined it becomes apparent that the U.S. leaders and military personnel’s

Millenials is the name given to the generation who reached adulthood around the turn of the 21st century, they were born during 1975 and 1995 which was the Cold War era. The millennial is given the nickname as the television or digital age. The popularity of television boomed in their time was a result of the Space Race and America's curiosity of what would have been called the impossible. In the 1940's there was only a few tv's but in the-the 1970's the amount of tv's surged to four million plus

Relating to Appy’s claim, as escalation grew after the Tonkin Gulf, America began to wage an unmoral war that was not supported by the Americans and Vietnamese or understood by American soldiers. Agreeing with Appy’s claim, the prime issue of an immoral and unjust war is one that America must realize and understand the full consequences that this has had on the nation if it is to learn any lessons from Vietnam. Originally told that the war was fought to contain communism, bombing campaigns as Operation

In early August 1964, two U.S. destroyers stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam radioed that they had been fired upon by North Vietnamese forces. The Gulf of Tonkin Incident was a major turning point in the United States military involvement in Vietnam. North Vietnamese warships had attacked United States warships, the U.S.S. Maddox and the U.S.S. C. Turner Joy, on two separate occasions in the Gulf of Tonkin. This action of violence from the North Vietnamese led to the passing of the Tonkin

Assessment 3 The Vietnam War was the longest war that the United States was involved in. It started by giving America financial assistance to France. Sending nearly over 500,000 American soldiers around middle 1960’s ending in a massive antiwar movement, allowing Americans to withdrawal that caused the United States to lose their first war. The purpose of this war was to reunify Vietnam and in order for that to happen Northern Vietnamese government against Viet. Congress had to fight. During the