France‚ and Great Britain came together in April 1954 to try to resolve several problems related to Asia. One of the most troubling concerns was the long and bloody battle between Vietnamese nationalist forces‚ under the leadership of the communist Ho Chi Minh‚ and the French‚ who were intent on continuing colonial control over Vietnam. Since 1946 the two sides had been hammering away at each other. By 1954‚ however‚ the French were tiring of the long and inclusive war that was draining both the national
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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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a star. His career went brightly from there. As you can see Elvis can be that successful is because of his effort and ambition. I am going to give you another example. We all know Ho Chi Minh by history. A little about him is showed by the article following www.time.com/time/magazine/article/09171‚988162‚00 Ho Chi Minh is the great leader of Viet
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In order to get an Associate Degree as well as transferring to other institutions of higher education‚ I have chosen to study at Orange Coast College which has many important benefits for me such as having a happy life near my family‚ learning in the best educational environment and receiving many good support services. As a matter of fact‚ Orange Coast College is the best educational environment in Orange County as well as one of the finest and largest community colleges in the United States. Indeed
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In this chapter of his book‚ Zinn covers the Vietnam war and the resistance to it. As the chapter title states‚ Zinn argues that the U.S was fighting a war that they could not win as the Vietnamese people were in favor of the government of Ho Chi Minh and opposed the of Ngo Dinh Diem‚ thus allowing them to keep morale high. Meanwhile‚ the American military’s morale for the war was very low‚ as many soldiers were put off by the atrocities that they were made to take part in‚ such as the My Lai
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nation falling for communism. President Truman agreed to help France against the Communist Vietnamese; America decided to send out money to help the French fight against the Vietnamese in a full scale war. The USA shared a view with France that the Minh was a plot by the communists. The USA prevented elections taking place in Vietnam because they thought the communists would win in 1954. The USA began to support Diem; Diem set up South Vietnam. They backed Diem because he was fiercely anti-communist
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B52 bombers to bombard the Ho Chi Minh trail in an attempt to obliterate all industrial and major transportation targets as fast as possible‚ with the hope that this would sink the morale of the Viet Cong and make the people afraid of the Americans; in turn disheartening them. However‚ although it managed to disrupt the flow of supplies‚ extensive aerial bombing did not prevent the North Vietnamese from moving hundreds of tons of war supplies per day down the Ho Chi Minh Trail - which ran from North
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Battles of the Vietnam War and Information Learning target: List and explain how Truman‚ Eisenhower‚ and Kennedy react to key events in Vietnam. Vietnam declares independence‚ 1945 On September 2‚ Ho Chi Minh leader of the Vietnamese independence movement‚ quoted the Declaration of Independence when he declared Vietnamese independence from foreign rule‚ members of this independence movement. Us Military aiud to French Indochina 1950 1954 persident truman‚ seeing the First Indochina
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and France held a meeting in Geneva‚ on the same day Dien Bien Phu fell. They argued about elections in Vietnam. Finally they agreed on the following parts: Vietnam would be divided temporarily in two along the 17th parallel the North under Ho Chi Minh and South under Ngo Dinh Diem The Vietminh forces would withdraw from the South and the French would pull out of the North A date for the elections was fixed: July 1956 Later this meeting was referred to as the Geneva Agreement. The president
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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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