Vietnam Before/During/After
The Vietnam War as we all know has devastation effects on the country and its people. Lives are forever changed because of it. All wars start out when two sides have differences and Vietnam was no different. It started because France and a Vietnam leader, Ho Chi Minh, had a difference in opinion about the type of government Vietnam should have. Vietnam wasn't as different as it was to Vietnam today. Before the war, the French conquered Vietnam for over 200 years with peace. During the war, there was chaos everywhere. As one soldier recalls, "...getting from base to base was already a challenge considering the fact that you had VCs hiding in bushes just waiting for you to come out. It was as close as you can get to hell" (Baker 75). The war divided the country from the 1950's all the way till April of 1975. By the time the war ended, over 1.8 million people had died. The country now had a communist government and was starting over. French's conquest was over and the Vietnamese people now have their own system of government. Vietnam before the war was ruled by France. They had invaded in the middle 1700's and by 1750, they had complete control of Vietnam. The French conquered and ruled with c
Two important people in recent Vietnam history are Ho Chi Minh and Ngo Dinh Diem Ho Chi Minh was a communist leader that declared Vietnam's independence from France. He had many accomplishments during his lifetime and without him, Vietnam would not be the way it is today. Ngo Dinh Diem was the president of South Vietnam after Vietnam was split in half. While Ngo Dinh Diem was against communism, Ho Chi Minh was for it. He wasn't as successful as Ho Chi Minh for he was ruthless. He brutally killed many monks in 1963 and damaged the already bad reputation of South Vietnam. He was assassinated on November 1963. The Vietnam War had many casualties and battles that went on from 1959 to 1975. As previously stated, the war was set off when Ho Chi Minh attempted to negotiate the end of colonial rule with the French. Unfortunately, the negotiation was unsuccessful. The French army shelled Haiphong harbor in November of 1946, killing over 6,000 Vietnamese civilians. By December of 1946, the war between France and the Viet Minh began. The war would last until May 7 of 1954 when the French were defeated at Dien Bien Phu. omplete domination of the Vietnam people. In an effort to win over the French, nationalism led to a revolution. The war developed as a sequel to the struggle between the French, who were the rulers of Indochina before World War II, and the Communist-led Vietminh, founded and headed by the revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh. Ho Chi Minh came to power when Vietminh guerrillas seized the capital city of Hanoi and overthrew Emperor Bao Dai. "Vietnam regained full independence at the time of the Geneva Agreements of 1954, which ended France's8 year struggle to reinsert colonial control" (Bain 3). Ho Chi Minh was considered a hero to a lot of his followers. The considered him a hero because he freed Vietnam from the French. Although he was one of the reasons the war started, many don't blame him. He helped Vietnam become an independent country and most would agree that without him, Vietnam would not be as it is today. In 1930, Ho Chi Minh organized the Indochinese Communist Party. The Indochinese Communist Party was set out to oppose the French. Then in August of 1945, he established the Vietminh. Vietminh was a fierce guerilla army that eventually became the Vietcong or VC. A couple months later, Ho Chi Minh develops the Vietnam Declaration of Independence. The declaration was to declare Vietnam independence from France. He had played a major role in giving Vietnam the freedom it deserved and for that, he was considered a hero. A few months after the Frenc
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Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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