Japan held control over Vietnam‚ but after the defeat of the Nazis‚ it became a power vacuum. The British and Chinese troops moved in and shifted control back to France‚ along with Cambodia and Laos‚ which formed French-Indochina. It was during this time as well‚ that Ho Chi Minh and the Viet-Minh‚ who were originally formed to fight against Japan‚ began their fight for Vietnamese independence. The French decided to make a compromise with Minh by giving him North Vietnam‚ while they kept their rule
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The opinion of the citizens of the United States began to change as time passed and incidents took place. The government misled the people‚ the people became dissatisfied with the current situation and families were torn apart. As American got sucked deeper into the war‚ Americans wanted to get out more badly. The growth of anti-war movements was caused by a mixture of different factors. The decline of support for the Vietnam War mainly started in 1968. Although antiwar movements in the United States
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of the jungle‚ beneath the canopy of emerald leaves‚ the faces of American soldiers found themselves immersed in a surreal landscape where the stark brutality of bloodshed overshadowed the vivid hues of nature. The two proxy wars of Asia‚ throughout the Cold War‚ were the Korean War (1950-1953) and the Vietnam War (1955-1975). The spawning of these wars came from the ashes of World War II and the onset of the Cold War. The Korean War broke out as daybreak dawned over a split peninsula‚ sparking a bloody
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Often times‚ contracted laws were broken between indentured servants and owners‚ causing the wealthy white men more hassle in the long run. Word that Portugal began trading African war prisoners from either the African region or Africans residing in the Caribbean area spread‚ sparking the wealthy white men’s interest. Shortly after‚ indentured servants were replaced with what white Europeans thought of as a cheaper investment. Europeans
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began to modernize and Pyongyang became the capital (center of attraction) of Korea. 35 years later‚ in 1945‚ the Cold War and 38th parallel divided the Korean people into North and South Korea. While the North had a more dictatorship structure‚ the South strived for a democratic system‚ which clashed.
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The Vietnam war was a long and costly conflict that affected the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally‚ the United States. An image that is striking and important in this time period is of the aftermath the napalm bomb caused to a Vietnamese village. It is a historically important image because the idea of war and its terror is shown. I chose this image because it is striking and catches the eyes of the viewer. It brings out the idea that a bomb can drop
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Vietnam was the first war that issued full freedom to the press‚ allowing media to cover the war as they saw it. Without censorship‚ appalling images enabled the public to see war‚ as they never had before. Many people believe that it was the media that sparked the lack of support for the war. The Tet Offensive‚ for example‚ would become one of the most controversial and climactic events in which the media played a role. Up to that point‚ the media had portrayed the U.S. as winning the war. When
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half-century of American history has commanded a morep rominent place in the public consciousness than the Vietnam War” (Hall xi)‚ a rightfully said statement. Lasting from 1960-1975‚ it is America’s longest war and changed the United States politically‚ socially‚ and culturally during that period. In the early 1970s‚ the voting age was lowered to 18‚ largely because of the war. Also‚ Vietnam was one of the first wars in which African Americans largely participated. Lastly‚ Vietnam changed America
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World War II did indeed influence changes in the Australian home front; some long term and others short term. The evident threat of invasion by the Japanese forced the Australian government to turn to their American allies‚ forging new foreign policies and a sense of ‘Americanisation’ of Australian cultural. Minority groups including women and Indigenous Australians also experienced changes pushing for equality. Amidst the pinnacle of World War II‚ forsaken by her mother country‚ Australia felt
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The Cold War was a major event that shaped the American scientific community and the university system. Universities targeted their focus on creating more doctorate students particularly‚ in scientific fields such as Physics in order to man the large scale science projects happening in the United States. The scientific community became more dependent on the support of the government to create laboratories and provide equipment for their research and development. Though this aid created a lack of
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