The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The war began in 1954 (though conflict in the region stretched back to the mid-1940s), after the rise to power of Ho Chi Minh and his communist Viet Minh party in North Vietnam, and continued against the backdrop of an intense Cold War between two global superpowers: the United States and
The events that led to the United States entering the Vietnam War began when the French conquered Vietnam in the late nineteenth century. After Vietnam was conquer, they formed the League for the Independence of Vietnam in hopes of seeking independence from the French. With great effort on September 2, 1945 Ho Chi Minh proclaimed their independence from France. However, the French opposed Vietnam’s independence for approximately nine years and wanted to reestablish their rule over them. However the
April 1955 was the birth of a critical turning point made in history. The first ever Afro-Asian conference in Bandung was established by the newly independent Asian and African countries. President Ahmed Sukarno advocated human rights, the elimination of colonialism, nuclear weapons as well as making peace among Afro-Asian countries. (T) The Bandung conference stood as an advocate for world peace and unity but instead caused more division and destruction among U.S and European Nations. This paper
Bill Kreuer enjoys lunch after a hard morning of PT at boot camp, US armed forces awake to a conflict in the pacific that threatens their lives. The Vietnam War was an event that would shape the future of a country and of a man. This war, which was fought between 1964 and 1973 between the Vietcong forces in Northern Vietnam and US forces in Sothern Vietnam, ventured to check the spread of communism in East Asia. Because the war was highly politicized the United States home front, some troops returned
To a large extent did Wilfred Burchett’s reflections of Australian involvement in the Vietnam war Challenge the Australian Foreign policy during the 1960’s and 1970’s. Because of Burchett’s decision to report from the Vietnamese side his Australian passport was taken off of him and he was no longer allowed to enter Australian borders. This can be shown in an interview with the ABC when he Stated, “My passport was actually stolen from my pocket in a guesthouse shortly after I crossed the Vietnamese
Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War was a result of a combined fear of communism and the fall of freedom from danger in Australian democracy and society. The growing web of communism saw the fall of many countries closing in on Australia and New Zealand, and it was believed Robert Menzies’ government that they would find communism at Australia’s shores. Australians were anti-communist during the Vietnam War; due to a level of hype that the society, the media, and the government were exposed
the Vietnam War. America’s involvement in the conflict was to stop the evil and corrupt system of Communism. French forces were dead meat unless America teamed up with them. Unfortunately, this didn 't stop the nonmoral army under Ho Chi Minh. The United Sates did not win the Vietnam War due to strong motivation, Guerrilla warfare, and the political factors in the United States. First off when America fought in the war they were foreigners. Hardly any of them knew anything about Vietnam, the
United States' Involvement in South Vietnam It is apparent from source A that America was involved in Vietnam to maintain capitalism and to suppress communism. The writer of the source, John F Kennedy, had a high position in the US government and he makes the point that the Americans did not like communism and wanted to stop it spreading. "If the red tide of communism overflowed into Vietnam, then Burma, Thailand…and Cambodia would be threatened." This shows the
The Vietnam war was a civil war between Northern and Southern Vietnam. The two halves of Vietnam were separated because of disagreements in governmental policies. American troops involved themselves in the Vietnam war because they wanted to protect Vietnam from becoming a communist country. The United States was split between those who wanted troops to get involved in the war and those who opposed. So when the US officials decided to enter into the war, uproars and peace movements began. The United
The Involvement of the United States in Vietnam The single most important factor in understanding the United States involvement in Vietnam is fear. In the years leading to the Vietnam Conflict the United States was immersed in paranoia toward Communist Russia and the communist movement as a whole. This paranoia has its roots in the depression of the nineteen thirties and was fueled by the exploits of men like MacCarthy and other politicians who saw this as an opportunity to further their careers