Vietnam was a french colony until after WWII. Vietnam signed the S.E.A.T.O treaty which separate the north from the south. The north were the communists and the south were the democrats. The US began sending military aid to France in 1950. The US perceived communism as a post war threat. US feared that southeast Asia would fall to communism. In 1955, US started to send aid to the south Vietnamese army to fight communist rebels from the north.
Vietnam facts:
- 58,148 Americans were killed
- 304,000 wounded
- average age that enlisted was 22
- 500,000 to 600,000 north Vietnamese soldiers were killed
- two-thirds of men that served in the Vietnam war were volunteers
-91% of Vietnam veterans say they were glad to serve
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its nice and easy. It pinpoints the facts. but maybe you wanna write more knowwhatimean
ReplyDeletei quite liked the simplicity of this blog nice intro states the basis of the vietnam war, you just might want to go into greater detail than just a few facts. but over all it was pretty good.
ReplyDeleteThe format was nice becuase it was clear and easy to read but you might want to elaborate more. But, nice way of organizing your statistics.
ReplyDeleteI really like how easy it is to read and how you have the exact numbers of the aftermath of the war. It would be nice to know more about how the war ended
ReplyDeleteIts too short, and contains the very basic facts. Your 7 sentences, are very simple and short. No picture either. On the other hand the information was good. emphasis on short...
ReplyDeletegood facts. it was right to the point and summed up the information. It might of been better to add a little more information.
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