1a: Explain why the Tet Offensive was a military defeat but psychological boost to the North Vietnamese forces (1000 - 1500 words) The Tet offensive brought about the first major signs to the general public that the U.S government were fighting an un-democratic war. In early 1968, on the Vietnamese lunar New Year a surprise communist groups resisting the South Vietnamese regime launched attack. Being led away from Saigon with false tip off as to the point of attack, the majority of American troops had been sent to the west of Vietnam to the borders of Cambodia. Whilst the American troops sped back returning faster than the NLF had anticipated Their estimated 84,000 troops (Lawrence, 2008) had stormed Saigon and for a brief time a small group held the American embassy, being seen by cameras waving the north Vietnamese flag from the roof. It was only a few days until the NLF troops had been beaten back and the American troops once again occupied Saigon and their own embassy.
They planned a surprise attack, hoping the ARVN and U.S. would have let their guard down. Every important city in South Vietnam was attacked, including Saigon. The fighting lasted for about a month. For the first time in history, the American people were able to witness much of the war footage on the news. The outcome was a major military victory for South Vietnam, but it was a great political victory for North Vietnam.
Joe Marinaccio Mrs. McCarthy English 10 21 March, 2015 The Flag Raising at Iwo Jima World War II was one of the greatest and bloodiest wars in world history. When characterizing it, one normally thinks of Hitler’s domination and the Nazis. Although, that was a major part of the war, the war on the Pacific was as significant, yet unrecognized to the public today. The Great Depression was in full effect in the US when World War II began, giving many unemployed men a job in the army. This resulted in a surge of patriotism and national pride.
On Raven Hill The exceptional speed with which Germany defeated France in 1940 sent shock waves around the world. The first-rate military power had been completely defeated in just six weeks. The French Army relied on the doctrine and weapons used during World War I, while the German Army was confident in the new weapons and training they had learned. The French created a line they thought would be impenetrable and called it The Maginot Line. The Maginot Line defenses were involved in battle to protect France’s borders with Germany.
One interesting fact to remember is that we put Saddam Hussein into power back in the 1070's when he opposed the soviets. So we gave him millions of dollars, weapons, and tactics to defeat the soviets. Hussein however used this power, weapons, and money to make himself a dictator figure over his people in Iraq and a long period of oppression ensued. All of the problems we have spent $4 trillions dollars on were caused by none other than ourselves back in the cold war. The Bush administration underestimated how long the Iraq War would take, and the administration expected only a two year operation and a price tag of a little over $100
Eleven people were killed and the radicals were given a huge propaganda boost by referring to the event as ‘Peterloo’, in a grim analogy with the Duke of Wellington's famous victory over Napoleon at Waterloo four years earlier. This shows that the government did think Britain was on the verge of a revolution if they had to have authorities to disperse the crowd by force. This also shows the unrest Britain had as a whole, to the way Britain was governed. In response to the Duke of Wellington’s return to government, reform leaders made plans to bring the country to a halt by having their supporters withdraw funds from the banks, using the slogan: ‘To stop the Duke, go for Gold’. The crisis was averted.
Tuesday 13th December Why was the Battle of the Somme such a disaster for the British Army? On July 1st 1916, a battle commenced that made the bloodiest day inn British military history. 60,000 British men died on the first day of fighting, with a third of them perishing in the first hour. The aim of this essay is to examine factors of the battle and decide which one contributed the most to the failure of the battle. The plan for the Battle of the Somme was to assemble a huge new army of soldiers.
In order to stop communism the United States did very unconstitutional acts and made many enemies with our cause. When North Korea tried to take over South Korea, the U.S. immediately saw a threat to the Truman doctrine’s man principle and sent troops over to Korea to fight and stop communism. When we began to help, the United States soon realized we were fighting in a style of war we never faced before. Many of the soldiers sacrificed their lives because America was very eager to contain communism any way we could. We gained control after the deaths of over 60,000 of our men were killed in the line of duty.
History on the United States' Involvement in the Vietnam War This paper will examine the history of united states Vietnam involvement during 1964 to 1968 it will emphasize the evolution of the national policy and objectives during that period. The Vietnam War twisted out to be Americans longest war with massive commitment of men and material, but most consider it a failure for the United States. The Vietnam War resulted in the deaths of more than 50,000 American and serious loss national reputation. Vietnam had an intense and negative effect on American’s view of the military. It was not until desert storm that the military regained the trust of the American people.
The United States led a coalition of over 30 different Nations into a battle with Iraq in order to liberate Kuwait from the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein. The conflict between Iraq and Kuwait began because Iraq was accusing Kuwait of drilling oil across the Iraqi border without permission. The United Nations made the decision to get allied forces together and begin the Gulf War (VFW Post 6298. n.d.). The war in the Persian Gulf had less than 100 hours of actual land and air actions before Kuwait received their oil rights back and Iraq was defeated. Many military veterans who served in the Gulf War have been said to have obtained unexplainable health problems which are now known as Gulf War Syndrome.