When the French later retook it after Japans defeat‚ the French negated Japans original promise. Ho Chi Minh was a revolutionary who wanted to pursue Japans original promise. Leading the independence movement against France he established a new communist ruled party in his goal to unify Vietnam. (The Northern Chinese controlled and the Southern French controlled Vietnam.) When France was defeated by Ho Chi Minh and his followers they were pushed back out of South Vietnam. In fear that Vietnam and
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The Vietnam War was fought during the cold war on 1 November 1955 - 30 April 1975. The Vietnam War was a war fought between the North and South Vietnam mainly‚ but in later year the US would join in to help South Vietnam ward off the communist mind of Ho Chi Minh and North Vietnam. The Vietnam today is no longer called a war in fact no war since World War I and II have been wars. Instances like Vietnam have merely been police interference or police actions. There are still some arguments on why and
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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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in the North and the Mekong River delta in the South. Hanoi‚ the nation’s capital‚ lies on the banks of the Red River. It is not only the country’s political‚ cultural and educational capital but also the most important economic center in the North. Ho Chi Minh City‚ the new name for Saigon‚ lies just north of the Mekong Delta in the South‚ and is the largest city in Vietnam. The city‚ with a population of five million‚ functions as the country’s economic heart and business hub. Danang‚ in the central
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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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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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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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Vietnam and try helping French control South of Vietnam. However‚ French fail in Dien Bien Phu battle so they need agree with Geneva which device south and North Vietnam in 17 parallel. In the South of Vietnam be control by communism‚ the leather is Ho Chi Minh and they know as name Vietcong. Furthermore‚ The North of Vietnam under the control of Ngo Dinh Diem and having support from American try took South of Vietnam and destroyed communism. However‚ Ngo Dinh Diem had a big mistake is ban the main
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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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