The outcome was a major military victory for South Vietnam, but it was a great political victory for North Vietnam. It proved how determined the Vietcong was. It also showed the American people how costly the war would be. This was later noted to be a major turning point in America’s public opinion on the war. It made people begin to lose hope in our ability to win the war, and led to increased questioning of the President’s tactics for the war.
The Vietminh fought for their freedom. As the Vietminh began to defeat the French, the French did not prevent the communist North Vietnamese from reaching South Vietnam. (use source #1) According to the “Statement Issued by the White House”, the President assigned an ambassador to Vietnam “to coordinate the operations of all US agencies in that country. “Since the conclusion of hostilities in Indochina, the US Government has been particularly concerned over developments in Vietnam.” Even as early as 1954, before the Vietnam war had began, the US was concerned about what was happening. The US saw that the situation in Vietnam was something that needed to be flagged and
Harry Truman is an important figure in relation to Vietnam as it was him who made the decision to oppose communism throughout the world. In relation to US support for France, the Truman administration concluded that the French were invaluable allies against Communism in both Indochina and Europe, and therefore deserving of American assistance. However, many articulate Vietnamese were unhappy with French rule, which resulted in a small Vietnamese nationalist group in espouse of Communism grown up in exile under the leadership of Ho Chi Minh. Consequently, Truman offered $10 million to support the French military effort, and established a US Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) in Saigon. This assistance then increased, as by the end of the year, the US had given France $100 million, along with aircraft, patrol boats, napalm bombs and ground combat machinery.
The Vietnam War Heather Cameron Axia College of the University of Phoenix The Vietnam War Every good American, before the war in Vietnam, held their political leaders and Congressmen in high regard. It was during the 1960's that this viewpoint began to change as the American death toll began to rise. One major viewpoint, eerily similar to today, was that though the intentions of entering into the conflict were good, the fact that it seemed to be a losing battle and the costs seemed to be too high; it was time to pull out of Vietnam. The other side of that coin was that there was a purpose for going into Vietnam and we should not leave until the job was done (Schulzinger, 1999). It had not been since the early 1940's that the
The Vietnam War or Vietnam conflict to some was perhaps one of the most intriguing conflicts in the history of modern America. Some suggest it was justified in stopping the spread of communism, while others feel that it was a waste of American lives that encourage an age of civil rebellion. To first understand the war one must first understand, the history leading up to the conflict. Prior to Americas involvement in the war in 1960 the French occupied what was then called indo-china up until 1954. In 1950 communist nations such as china recognized the Vietminh state, which in turn gave support to the viet-cong.
The USA and their involvement in Vietnam. The USA used money to control the spread of communism into Vietnam after French forces were struggling in Vietnam and France had just been involved with the Second World War so they were struggling so to stop Vietnam turning communist, they give France $500 million dollars a year to help them with the war effort. This was so that Vietnam didn’t turn communist like many of the surrounding countries. If this had happened then America would have been in a very difficult position. Americas politics, America used Diem as a way to stop to spread of communism in Vietnam, they supported him in becoming Vietnams first president and to set up an Anti-Communist government at the same time, this was another way for the us government to stop the spread of communism the American government also stopped a Vietnam vote for either capitalism of communism America when to extreme measures to stop this from happening.
Rishi Rajani Period 4 2/25/09 Vietnam War Statistics Project Percentage of the population who supported each war when it started: Iraq War Vietnam War It is very interesting that at the beginning of each of these wars, the majority of the public supported the war movement. Nowadays both of these wars are getting a lot of negative media attention and it basically proves the paradox of hindsight. Sure, we can sit here and discuss how awful the Iraq War is and the Vietnam war was, but in a way it is the people who must also accept responsibility. We cannot to continue to blame those in office for these wars, because without the support of the people, these wars could not have been started. Iraq War
1. The Vietnam War was a very costly war. It not only affected those in battles, but it also left behind long term effects on people everywhere in the world. It was an extremely costly war with over 58,000 Americans dead and over 150,000 wounded in battle. North Vietnam was victorious over South Vietnam and allied forces.
From its founding to his death in 1969, Ho was also president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, serving as the primary North Vietnamese leader throughout much of the Vietnam War. There were many experiences in Ho Chi Minh’s life that influenced his beliefs. Vietnam had a long history of foreign intervention. Foreign powers, especially China, had led to regular uprisings that helped create a sense of national identity based on a strong resentment of foreign interference. Although the French and Japanese were the immediate problem that the Viet Minh was formed to deal with, Ho never forgot that China was Vietnam’s most powerful and domineering neighbor (even when it had turned communist in 1949).
Introduction I’m written an essay about the Vietnam War and why it became a war between USA and North Vietnam. I also included in this essay how the war propaganda affects the support of war in both USA and in North Vietnam. Aim and scope First in this essay I have chosen a research question which sounds like this: Why did North Vietnam win the war against USA, and how did the war- and antiwar propaganda. I did choose this research question since I first find it very interesting that a such a minor country like North Vietnam could defeat a superpower like USA, secondly I narrowing down the investigation very much since I don’t have to write anything after the war ends but I have to write more on the events occurring before the outbreak