measures” needed to aid the United States in Vietnam (Newman). Communist leader Ho Chi Minh led the Vietcong guerillas in the North. He developed an elaborate 9‚940 mile network of roads built from the North to the South to aid North Vietnam troops and the Vietcong. This network of roads was referred to as the Ho Chi Minh Trail and was the target of numerous American air strikes (Ho Chi Minh Trail). However‚ the creation the Ho Chi Minh trail crossed the demilitarized zone‚ which had been established
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Vietcong Memoir by Truong Nhu Tang gives a first person account of the Vietnam War through the eyes of a Vietnamese revolutionary. Tang tells of how he was a pharmaceutics student in Paris and was inspired to join the nationalist movement when he met Ho Chi Minh. This newfound pride in his country led Tang to become the Minister of Justice for the Vietcong. His story revolves around the themes of nationalism and sacrifice. In the years leading up to and during the Vietnam War‚ feelings of nationalism
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mainly dense forest and jungle‚ made it impossible to fight a conventional war‚ however‚ the US came up with a solution to find VC soldiers called ‘search and destroy’. These missions usually involved aerial bombing to overcome problems‚ for example‚ the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Unfortunately only 1% of the ‘search and destroy’ missions were a success mainly because it was difficult to distinguish between VC members and civilians as they wore the same ‘pyjama’ clothes. This led to extreme brutality against innocent
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“The Youth with Traffic Safety & Environmental Protection”. Before beginning‚ we had a careful preparation to get enough health to take part in this journey. We did exercises every afternoon‚ the actual trip to help difficult situation… We started at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (Ha Noi Capital) throughout 24 provinces along Viet Nam‚ to Phu Quoc Island for 36 days. This was a long and difficult trip. A journey was long 2400 kilometers‚ divided into 3 main periods. The first was from Ha Noi Capital to Hue
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The Vietnam War was the longest deployment of U.S. forces in hostile action in the history of the American republic. Although there is no formal declaration of war from which to date U.S. entry‚ President John F. Kennedy’s decision to send over 2‚000 military advisers to South Vietnam in 1961 marked the beginning of twelve years of American military combat. U.S. unit combat began in 1965 (Anderson‚ 1999). During this time there were many significant lessons that were learned and still affect the
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war. The use of tactics (the plans‚ weapons and battle strategies used in war) were prime in minds of the Vietcong and they went to all means to gain the upper hand in the conflict. For example the use of booby traps‚ tunnels and trails. Some like the Ho Chi Minh trail were a huge success among the Vietcong whereas things like booby traps had less of an affect on the opposition. The use of tunnels were standard means of travel that seemed oblivious to the US and South Vietnamese soldiers . These VC
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the French and Chinese had a large influence in Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh was one Vietnamese who tried to stop that. He worked his way into creating an independent Vietnam and organized an army using guerrilla warfare. Minh went to war with the French and ended up winning and this helped create a free North and South Vietnam. South Vietnam had an uprising and a communist group called the Vietcong arose using the same guerilla warfare that Ho Chi Minh used to defeat France. With the United States backing
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August Revolution Introduction The August Revolution‚ also called the August General Uprising (and known in the West as the Vietnamese Revolution) by the Indochinese Communist Party‚ was a revolution in Vietnam. On August 19‚ 1945‚ the Việt Minh under Hồ Chí Minh began a revolution against French colonial rule in Vietnam. From August 19 onwards‚ demonstrations and uprisings against French rule broke out in cities and towns throughout Vietnam. Given Japan had surrendered to the Allies at the end of World
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of the wars fought by the United States‚ the Vietnam War was by far the most controversial. After the defeat of French forces‚ Vietnam was divided into two sections: North Vietnam‚ and South Vietnam. North Vietnam became a Communist government under Ho Chi Minh‚ and South Vietnam eventually became a Republic under Ngo Dinh Diem. Under Diem ’s oppressive rule‚ the Viet Cong (those against Diem) grew in power‚ and the U.S. reacted to the Communist threat by sending in troops and economic aid‚ and advised
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After World War II‚ the Soviet Union gained East Germany from the Treaty of Versailles‚ allowing communism to spread to other countries and creating the Iron Curtain. The expanding influence of communism became a threat to the United States and their values during the Cold War‚ when Vietnam became a proxy war to contain communism in the First Indochina War. Fowler‚ a non-intervening British reporter living in Vietnam‚ meets Pyle of the Economic Attache‚ representing the United States to aid French
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