the French announced‚ in 1946‚ to take over North Vietnam‚ Ho Chi Minh knew that he had to fight for it. (2000-2013‚ War in Vietnam‚ 3) after the French retreated from North Vietnam Hồ Chí Minh became the leader of the North Vietnamese and wanted to continue the spread of communism. (2 May 2013‚ News‚ before it‚ 3) While preparing for the war in Vietnam the United States knew that they had to go against Nguyễn Sinh Côn‚ also known as Hồ Chí Minh‚ who was a Vietnamese communist revolutionary leader
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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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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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