history. Fearing the spread of communism, President Kennedy committed the people of the United States of America to defending the fledgling democratic government of South Vietnam. Despite its arguably noble intentions, the war in Vietnam would prove the greatest challenge to American democratic idealism since the Civil War. The war was fought in Vietnam from 1959-75, involving the North Vietnamese and the National Liberation Front (NLF) in conflict with the United States, Australian, New Zealand forces and the South Vietnamese army. The conflict’s roots took shape in July 1954, when France was forced out of Vietnam after one hundred years of colonial rule.
However, Margaret was very hostile to York and pledged to completely destroy York, his family and all his forces. She then became the leader of the Lancastrians as Henry was too weak. In 1459, with the help of the Duke of Buckingham, she managed to persuade Henry that York was plotting against him and therefore should be branded as an enemy of the state. As a result this caused York and Warwick to mobilise their forces and launch a full scale rebellion against Henry and the Lancastrians. This bad political move meant that York had grown in considerable force and had no choice but to fight the Lancastrians, otherwise he would go to prison or even be executed.
rejected pleas for self-determination Republic of Vietnam • Formal name of South Vietnamese government after the Franco-Vietnamese War • Repressive government that stifled dissent by imprisoning or executing its critics • Fiercely anticommunist • American-supported throughout the Vietnam War Viet Cong • Ho Chi Minh-supporting guerilla fighters within South Vietnam • Did much of the fighting against American troops during war Viet Minh • Organized by Ho Chi Minh and other Vietnamese nationalists in 1941 • Seeking Vietnamese self-rule, fought a guerilla campaign against Japanese occupation; after World War II, fought French and then Americans • Its members formed the Viet Cong in the 1950s CONCEPTS Pentagon Papers • Secret documents leaked to New York Times by Daniel Ellsberg, a military analyst who had high-level security clearance at the Pentagon • Contained top-secret information collected by the Department of Defense about U.S. involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967 • Revealed that military had been much more pessimistic about situation in Vietnam than it had revealed to the public "Search and
VIETNAM WAR The French ruled Indochina, including Vietnam and other countries from 1880-1945. The leaders of Vietnam Ho Chi Minh establish the Viet Minh to fight the French and gain independence. The Vietnam declared independence from France in 1945 after wwII but the French refuse to recognize their independence and fought back against the Viet minh. The U.S then sends support to France, to prevent communism. Then Vietnam splits at the 17th parallel, France leaves and the U.S stays, JFK sends troops, LBJ then escalates war after JFK assassination, on July 1964 LBJ approved to attack on North Vietnam coast.
This was the first engagement of the French in this war. Later Washington was defeated by the French and Fort Duquesne was taken again by the French. In the 1755 war was escalating and Major General Edward Braddock was sent to America as Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces. Braddock had plans to capture Fort Duquesne and leading his troops to Virginia. Braddock made contact with the French just 10 miles of Fort Duquesne, where they were defeated by the French.
The Last Stand As the Allies paved their way through German territory in mid-1944, Hitler desperately tried to push the Allies back by putting to action a surprise attack that failed. After the victory in Normandy, the Allies quickly advanced on toward France (Cayton 442). At this point of time, war with Europe was clearly coming to an end and the Allies were regaining land. Hitler had to do something and he did. The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Campaign, was Hitler’s last counterattack on December 16, 1944 to January 25, 1945 which became the largest battle the U.S. had ever fought and caught U.S. troops by surprise, killing nearly 80,000 soldiers (Bulge).
During the late 1950s, the southern government, which had never been elected, became more and more unpopular. At the same time, ex-Viet-Minh members formed the Viet-Cong. The year of 1963 can be considered the beginning of the Vietnam war, as the year saw the first battle where US soldiers were involved, as well as the assassination of the South Vietnamese dictator Ngo Dinh Diem and the establishment of a military government. The US started a new aggressive policy towards North Vietnam, and so it began. The initial
* 4. Outline the plan, method and scope of the offensive To this end, a multiphase plan was developed: in the first phase, the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) would launch attacks on the border regions of South Vietnam to close those regions to American observation. Following this, a second phase of widely dispersed attacks by the Viet Cong directly into the major centers of the country would cause the collapse of the government and would prod the civilians into full-fledged revolt. With the government overthrown, the Americans and other allied forces would have no choice but to evacuate, leading to phase three attacks by the Viet Cong and PAVN against elements of the isolated foreign forces. * 5.
Militarily speaking, the Vietnam War was the result of North Vietnam and the Vietcong attempting to overthrow the South Vietnamese government. The Vietnam War was a continuation of the first Indochina war, which was fought when the Vietnamese sought independence from France after World War II and included America. The number of lives claimed by the Vietnam War exceeds one million and is believed to be as high as four million. The Vietnam War came to an official end after the fall of Saigon, when the South Vietnam capital was captured by the Vietnam People’s
His goal will be to keep Lord Cornwallis occupied in South Carolina in order to prevent him from marching north. Benjamin recruits and trains his force with the assistance of Major Jean Villeneuve, a French infantry officer, who is assigned to Martin's South Carolina militia unit. Benjamin's militia uses guerrilla warfare, capturing goods, and burning half the bridges and ferries leading to Charleston. These tactics earn him the disdain of Lord Cornwallis. He also shows his interests in the war when he talks to other commanders about the British plans and when he talks about how he has to use his men until the French come to help them.