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Introduction



Thankyou for deciding to continue to read. Here I am not trying to be a complete guide to the

Vietnam War, but what I think about this hugely misunderstood war. If you want to know about the

Vietnam war, I highly recomment the book "Nam, The Vietnam Experience 1965-75"It's an excellent

resource, and after a ling time I am still reading it myself, learning new things and understanding more.



How it Started



A lot is misunderstood by many people about the Vietnam War. There are a lot of politocs behind

the war, but on the military side, the following is quite an accurate account of the immediate effects

which started the war.



It started on the 8 August 1965 when American Troops stormed ashore at Da Nang, South of

Vietnam, ready to fight the bloodiest war known to man. of Vietnam, ready to fight the bloodiest war

known to man. The reason was simple: there was a communist threat and their [The US] job was to

resist it.



In 1960, President John F Kennedy saw that South East Asia was under imminent threat, so decided

to increase aid to South Vietnam. This was received by Lyndon Johnson in November 1963. He

declared that he would not let Vietnam fall the same way as China.



The above lead to more corruption, instead of military success; so consequently the US became

more and moe involved in politics in the South. In January 1964, plans were drawn up for operations

against North Vietnam. These included sabotage and spying for the North, and bombing raids and

Naval attacks for North Vietnam's coast.



There were attacks on US Naval vessels by the North Vietnamese (NV). Torpedoes were launched

but missed, and no...