I could use a brief synopsis of the Viet Nam war?

Question

why it took place, what happened as a result of this war?

Answer 1

We were suppose to be stopping the spread of Communism ( what was called the domino theory ) Viet Nam would fall, then Laos, Cambodia etc. Viet Nam was just trying to gain self rule. It was under Japanese control during WWII and then France got in the act after WWII. To say that the Political fall out from Viet Nam changed America is like saying the Sears Tower is just a building. Lots of changes were made directly and indirectly as a result of the Viet Nam war. The first war covered by the new media on a " live" and "nightly " basis and President Nixon was elected on the promise of ending the war, just to list a couple of changes. Hope I helped.

Answer 2

After the French Indo-China War (Vietnam's war of independence from France), the country was split between the Communist North of Ho Chi Minh and the US backed government of Ngo Dinh Diem in the South. After a few years of violence between the two the US, under the authority of SEATO (South East Asian Treaty Organization, basically NATO for Asia), deployed military advisors to the south. Under Kennedy the force was built up extensively until 1964 when the Gulf of Tonkin incident, the alleged NVA attack on a US warship prompted the US to vastly increase its forces in Vietnam and deploy a significant number of combat troops. Under LBJ the 1968 Tet Offensive (a NVA offensive against the South which began in January 1968) brought US troop levels to higher numbers and further troop involvement under Nixon (1969). Sentiment against the war at home and the increasing civilian and military view that the war in Vietnam was an unwinable quagmire resulted in the pull out of US forces in 1974. Saigon fell to the NVA in 1975 and the war was effectively over.

Answer 3

Yup, almost as undesirable because the previous administration that did not choose all of us who ever wore a uniform interior the cupboard. yet there is not too a lot remark in Washington about his lack of service because rich/important human beings's little ones not often get in damage's way, and it aint ordainary regular those who frequently land up on Capitol Hill. that's the position adult males like Bob Dole and John McCain are diverse, besides the indisputable fact that that's not sufficient to get you elected. So teh GOP determining on Bush replaced right into a mistake, yet he replaced into nonetheless more beneficial than the alternative ("patrolling the tiger grass" with a typewriter is extra relaxing yet no more beneficial, or writing your self up for pink heart citations so that you may bypass residing house a adorned conflict hero).

Answer 4

The Vietnam War was a war fought between 1964 and 1975 on the ground in South Vietnam and bordering areas of Cambodia and Laos, and in bombing runs over North Vietnam.

Fighting on one side was a coalition of forces including the United States, the Republic of Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea.

Fighting on the other side was a coalition of forces including the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and the National Liberation Front, a communist-led South Vietnamese guerrilla movement.

The USSR provided military aid to the North Vietnamese and to the NLF, but was not one of the military combatants.

The war was part of a larger regional conflict involving the neighboring countries of Cambodia and Laos, known as the Second Indochina War. In Vietnam, this conflict is known as the American War (Vietnamese Chiến Tranh Chống Mỹ Cứu Nước, which translates into English as "War Against the Americans and to Save the Nation").

In many ways the Vietnam War was a direct successor to the French Indochina War, which is sometimes referred to as the First Indochina War, when the French fought to maintain control of their colony in Indochina against an independence movement led by Communist Party leader Ho Chi Minh.

Citing progress in peace negotiations, On January 15, 1973 President Nixon ordered a suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam which was later followed by the unilateral withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam. The Paris Peace Accords were later signed on January 27, 1973 which officially ended US involvement in the Vietnam conflict.

The peace agreements signed at the Paris Peace Accords did not last for very long. In early 1975 the North invaded the South and quickly consolidated the country under its control. Saigon fell on April 30, 1975. North Vietnam united North and South Vietnam on July 2, 1976 to form the "Socialist Republic of Vietnam". Hundreds of supporters of the South Vietnamese government were executed, thousands more were imprisioned. Saigon was immediately re-named to "Ho Chi Minh City", in honor of the former president of North Vietnam. Communist rule continues in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the present day.

Answer 5

Why it happened is hard to say. There are many parallels between Vietnam (one word) and the current situation in Iraq. Americans were lied to. We were told that we needed to send our troops to Vietnam because if we didn't, communism (the "terrorism" of the 60's) would spread throughout the world.

Answer 6

Many, many 19 year old boys got drafted to fight an enemy that were virtually impossible to find/fight/understand. Children were used to toss bombs, so we killed many civilians in an effort to win. We are pretty much doing the same thing in Iraq. We cannot defeat an enemy that doesn't mind dying. Until the US spawns the same type of whack jobs, we are in another losing battle. We had to leave Vietnam because we could not win. We cannot win in Iraq either.

Answer 7

a gentlemans bet btwn then President and Catholic church, back in the late 50's early 60's, lots of young males died and lot where taken captive and tortured. The end was offically called in 1975, but we get remains of GI's still today over 30 years later.