In 1955, the Vietnam war, also known as the American war started. Officially the war was between North Vietnam and the South Vietnamese governments. There was 1,291,425 known deaths in this war. This war was one of the worst and ended on April 30, 1975. The 101st Airborne division played a role in this war, they flew air assault missions behind enemy lines.…
The book I read was titled Here There are Tigers, The Secret Air War in Laos, 1968-69. It was written by Reginald Hawthorn and is his personal experience as a Major in the Air Force. I wanted to know an Air Force pilot’s perspective since I read about so much bombing going on during the Vietnam War. He was an FAC (Forward Air Controller) and flew an O-2 single prop airplane during Vietnam from 1968-1969. Major Reginald Hathorn was an instructor at Laughlin Air Force Base when he got the call on Friday of January 1968 that he would have to leave his wife and two daughters to fight in Vietnam.…
President Eisenhower considered sending in US bombers to save the french troops, but he decided not to increase US involvement.…
The Vietnam war was the longest war in American history, which was an event in the Cold War. There was 60,000 Americans deaths and 2 million vietnamese deaths. Vietnam was divided between communist north and anti-communist south. The South refused to hold elections in 1956, in 1958 the communist-led a guerrillas which war a battle with the south's government.…
* In reflection, Vietnam is described as the cause of the greatest political and social dissent and upheaval…
The Vietnam War was the longest major conflict in which Australia has been involved in. It lasted ten years 1962-1972 and involved some 60,000 personnel. The Vietnam War ultimately started and stemmed from the consequences of the cold war, and was fuelled by the simple idea and belief of America that communism was threatening to spread across South East Asia. The War in Vietnam was fought between the North, idealistic communists supported by China, Russia and its communist allies and the government of the South supported by America and anti communist countries. The North and the South supported by its countries both fought and upheld the fight in Vietnam.…
The United States strategy in Vietnam from 1965 to 1968 went through various changes and revisions as leadership tried to find a feasible plan of action. US Army General William Westmoreland and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara were two of the major forces in US leadership that would shape the war effort. They devised a military strategy of attrition through tactics of search and destroy, covert operations, and other factors in hopes of wearing out the enemy. While their strategy found some success on the battlefields, the ineffectiveness of search and destroy missions, the over emphasis on body counts, and the disconnect between everyday soldiers and their superiors about defining success would doom the US war effort.…
The Vietnam war was a long, deadly and costly war that was fought to stop the spread of communism by the North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh. The War lasted around 20 years. The United states Participated in the war 17.4 years making it the one of the longest U.S war participations.…
The Vietnam War, which lasted from 1954 to 1975, ushered in a new era of weapons, bringing forth new tactics and technology. The Vietnam War was a war located mainly in the jungles and forests of South Vietnam. The war was fought between the communist regime of North Vietnam and their counterparts in the south, the Viet Cong, and South Vietnam, who had allies like the USA, and resulted in over 3 million deaths, including over 58,000 Americans.…
The Vietnam War lasted from November 1, 1955 until April 30, 1975. It was considered a loss for the United States because we intervened in a conflict that was really none of our business, but it was also a win because a peace treaty was signed and the North Vietnamese surrendered. America lost 58,220 soldiers and many more…
The Vietnam War was a very long war fought by the United States. Actually, the time span was the longest of wars fought. The Vietnam War, itself, spanned for about 15 years with in the time frame from 1955-1975, however, there was conflict leading up to the war for many years before hand. This war was between North and South Vietnam. North Vietnam had allies or support from China, the Soviet Union, and a few other communist allies, whereas South Vietnam was supported or had the allies of the United States, Australia, South Korea, and other anti-communist allies.…
The Vietnam War was the longest war ever fought by the United States. It lasted more than 15 years, from 1959 to 1975. It was also the first war that the United States lost. There are many debates as to why the US became involved in the war with Vietnam.…
Vietnam war was the longest war in American History which fought between 1964 to 1975 and the most unpopular war for the American of the 20th century. This is the only one war that United States lost the war but no one knows the truth because the US government had not told about this war yet. The resulted in nearly 60,000 American deaths and in an estimated 2 million Vietnamese deaths. It seemed like the American won the war but actually they were not. The experience for the American soldier in Vietnam was long and painful one for the nation. During the war, the Vietnam is spilt in the two groups; the South which was Capitalism and the North which was Communism. To support the South Vietnam’s government, the American sent the soldiers…
The Vietnam War is considered one of the longest and horrific wars in American history. The Vietnam War started in 1959 and ended in 1975. The war lasted over 16 years unofficially; many considered the war to be a continuation of the French Indochina War. The French Indochina war occurred in the 1945-1954. The major conflicts that occurred to start the war was the French controlled a large portion of Vietnam. The Vietnamese fought for decades to win their independence from the French. In southern regions of Vietnam people wanted their freedom desperately. Many groups opposed the current Vietnamese government and their policies.…
The war was a twenty year war starting in 1954 and ending in 1975. The Vietnam War, a long war between North and South Vietnam over communism, impacted all generations by changing the way Americans viewed war and by hurting the Vietnamese people; furthermore, the U.S. presidents during the Vietnam War had many different views, which affected U.S. polices and the country for many years after.…