The United States army was very involved in the Vietnam war. The United States did not get involved right away‚ but when the threat of a communist takeover arose they jumped in. When they became involved they only had one goal‚ to stop communism. Over the course of the war their efforts grew‚ but they were all directed to the efforts of the main goal. The United States became involved in the Vietnam War to stop the expansion of communism. The United States had an irrational fear of communist subversion
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9/1/2017 Cavaiani On Our Honor Vietnam War 1955 - 1975 The start of the Vietnam War: The Vietnam War with the United States started on November 1st 1955. It ended on April 30‚ 1975. The Vietnam War lasted a long 20 years‚ killing more than 3 million people. The Vietnam War was called the American War by the vietnamese people. The Vietnam War was fought in North and South Vietnam‚ Cambodia‚ and Laos. The Vietnam War was caused by the actions of consequences of the Cold War. The belief by the United States
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The United States got involved in the Vietnam War because The United States felt like communism would spread quickly‚ causing the domino theory‚ meaning that each neighboring country would start to believe in communism and before too long the world would believe in it. Since Vietnam was divided into two parts -- South Vietnam and North Vietnam -- an election would take place so that reunification could take place. Unfortunately‚ an election never took place because the two sides could not agree on
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2016 HIS 109 2-3:15 During the Cold War‚ the Truman Doctrine became the United State foreign policy. It promised aid to countries fighting against communist regimes. The Vietnam Conflict rose out of a commitment to nation building and a desire to contain communism. All the presidents from Truman to Nixon felt as if communism threatened American interests. In March of 1965‚ President Johnson sent close to a million troops to mediate the civil war happening in Vietnam. This was known as Operation Rolling
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As World War 2 ended and the Cold War began‚ communism began to expand from Russia into South-East Asia. China and North Korea became communist and communism continued to spread south as Vietnam became independent from the French after the battle of Dien Bien Phu resulting in the country being split at the 17th parallel into communist North and non-communist South. The United States entered the war to stop the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia‚ as they feared that Communist forces would gain
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of the lunar New Year’s Day. This surprise attack is known as the Tet Offensive and many people viewed this as a turning point in the Vietnam War. Militarily‚ the Tet Offensive showed the significance of Vietcong/Vietminh’s military power and nowhere in South Vietnam was safe. On 31st of January 1968‚ the simultaneous attack the towns and cities in South Vietnam began and this went on for 3 days. Over 35 towns and cities including 13 provincial capitals were seized and shockingly‚ the US embassy
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How and why did USA become involved in the Vietnam War In march 12‚ 1947 with the truman doctrine and the newly introduced policy of containment usa decided to award itself with status of policeman of the world giving themselves a permission to intervene anywhere in the world when they consider it is neccessary. This was the policy that allowed them to interpose in vietnam. Vietnamese people under the leadership of ho chi mihn‚ founder of viet minh defeated french at diem bien phu who had controll
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the Vietnam War Australia had multiple reasons which led to her involvement in the Vietnam War. Australia’s involvement consisted of four critical reasons that made young Australians to go to war in Vietnam. The fact that communism was in Australia gave many Australian citizens an internal fear. This brought Australians to resist communism in Vietnam and support the War. Australia became enthusiastic to support their alliances‚ where they requested for Australia to be involved in the War. All
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Aaron Meyer Vietnam War Ms. Price 12 December 2016 Boys of War The Vietnam War was a dark and depressing time in United States history. As the American’s involvement in the Vietnam War increased‚ the fewer people wanted the war to continue. Americans began to dislike the effects the war was having on America. One of the unfavorable attributes of the war‚ as explained in the story “The Things They Carried” and the films Letters Home‚ Platoon and “Back
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In contrast to other wars‚ the United States escalading involvement in Vietnam divided the American people like none other causing an anti-war sentiment in the US‚ and caused old sown ties from the United States developed in WWII to be tested. Even though many of the effects of this war can still be seen today‚ Diem’s assassination‚ the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution‚ the policy of gradual escalation‚ and the bombing campaign lead the increasing power of the United States intervention‚ as UN power‚ to
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