Vietnam War2
Vietnam today is a country on the eastern edge of the large Asian landmass known as Indochina. Before the Vietnam War many Americans did not know where it was located. When American troops finally came home, they sometimes found themselves still embattled. One of the most painful events in all of Americans history was the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was an unsuccessful effort by the United States and the South Vietnam to prevent the communists of North Vietnam from uniting with the South Vietnam with North Vietnam under their leadership. In 1945 it started out the Vietnam vs. France. Ho chi Minh declared Independence from France. Ho chi Minh was the leader of the Vietnam Independence League. The French would only recognize them as a free state of the French Union. This led to fighting between the Vietnamese and the French. An International conference at Geneva in 1954 negotiated a cease-fire between the French and the Viet Minh. The conferees decided to separate them by sending the Viet Minh north of the 17th parallel and the Vietnamese fighting under French command would move south of the 17th parallel. Many people left their homes to either move south or north. In 1956 there was to be a supervised by an Internation
On January 30, 1968, the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong launched a attack during the Tet (lunar new year) Vietnamese festival. They attack 36 South Vietnamese provincial capitals and five major cities. The fighting at this time was especially fierce in Saigon and in the city of Hue, which the NLF held for several weeks. The NLF suffered heavy losses (33,000 troops killed) in the Tet Offensive, and the ranks of the Viet Cong were so decimated by the fighting that, from 1968 on, the majority of the rebellion in South Vietnam were actually North Vietnamese soldiers who had infiltrated into the South. Although the general uprising that the NLF had expected in support had not materialized, the attack had an important strategic effect, because it convinced a number of Americans that, contrary to their government's claims, the insurgency in South Vietnam could not be crushed and the war would continue for years to come. (Doyle pg. 60-61) Ever since Diem returned to Vietnam in 1954 his position had been regularly challenged. His own military leaders challenged him. As early as the fall of 1954, ARVN commanders were lying out plans for an overthrow of the government by force. Thereafter, Diem took great care to appoint ARVN commanders who were completely loyal to him. Still, other plots followed. In November 1960, another try by the military failed. In February 1962, two pilots in the South Vietnamese air force bombed the presidential palace. Diem and his family miraculously emerged safe and sound-and still in power. (Mabie pg.52) al Control Committee with the aim of reunifying Vietnam under a single popularly elected government. When 1956 came along South Vietnam's Pri
Some common words found in the essay are:
South Vietnamese, South Vietnam, Viet Cong, North Vietnamese, Viet Minh, President Kennedy, President Johnson, Thereafter Diem, Foster Dulles, Tet Offensive, south vietnam, viet cong, south vietnamese, vietnam war, north vietnamese, vol 12 pg, viet minh, 12 pg, vol 12, britannica vol, britannica vol 12, south vietnamese communist, france ho chi, north vietnam, ho chi minh,
Approximate Word count = 1138
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
|
