Vietnam War 1954-1975 Essay

Vietnam War of 1954-1975 prolonged to a conflict that potholed the communist in the North Vietnam’s government and the southern allies; that was called the Viet Cong, versus the South Vietnam’s government and its chief ally, the US. This war was known as the “American War” in Vietnam (War against the Americans to save their Nation). This war was as well divisor of a larger local controversy, and this might have led to the cold war that existed between the United States and their respective allies and the Soviet Union

At the heart of the fight was North Vietnam’s desire that had overpowered the colonial administration of French in the Vietnam in 1954, to bring the entire country under the regime of the single communist, which was modelled after those of China and United Soviet. On the other hand, the South Vietnamese authority fought with an aim of preserving the Vietnam more meticulously aligned with the U.S military advisers for the West, which were organized in small groups
The agreements determined the 17th parallel (latitude 170 N) as a temporary demarcation lie that was dividing a part the military forces of the Viet Minh and the French. The north of the demarcation was the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, or Vietnam North that had conducted a prosperous eight-year brawl against the French. The North submerged under the ultimate control of the Worker’s party, or the Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP), which was headed by Ho Chi Minh; Hanoi was it capital. In the South, the French relocated record of their power of the ex-Vietnamese emperor, Bao Dai. Within 310 days of the signing of the agreements, a demilitarized zone, also DMZ, was to be formed by joint removal of forces, north and south of the 17th parallel, and the relocation of whichever civilian who desired to live of any side was to be finished. Nationwide election to determine the prospect of Vietnam, North and South, was to be convened in 1956 (Wheeler et al.,