Wednesday, March 30, 2016
War in Vietnam
The United States needed to get involved in the chaos in Vietnam. Originally after World War II, the French had returned to Vietnam but had a difficult time. An independence movement was being held by the Communists, under the lead of Ho Chi Minh. The French were unable to contain the country, representing an end to there Imperialism Era. Vietnam was then split into two. The north of Vietnam was controlled by a communist government and was favored by the majority of the country. The south of Vietnam was under a government run by Buddhists. Although both sides treated their people poorly, the United States sided with the South due to the fact they were "Not Communist". Without a large country like France overseeing the governments, a civil war broke out between the North and the South. To aid South Vietnam, the United States sent troops and soon found out that their South Vietnam allies were poor fighters. This resulted in most of the fighting done by the United States. We were unwilling to invade North Vietnam as the fear of the Soviet Union or the Chinese getting involved was too high. The United States would remain supporting the South until 1975, with the end of the war.
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Very concise summary! When we were watching the documentary about why this war started, I got really confused and it was hard to clarify what was going on. This was super clear and simplified things a lot. One suggestion would be to add why and how the war ended.
ReplyDeleteI feel like you should have referred to the fact that the South VIetnamese was also very unstable, leading to an inefficient military leadership and a lack of trust from the population, who already had not liked many of the previous leaders they had. Also, you could have referred to how foreign the Americans felt in Vietnam and how their actions ended up in many South Vietnamese turning to the Viet Cong and leading to the eventual American defeat
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