The Vietnam war started as an American effort to help the French. Vietnam was a French colony, and many Vietnamese wanted to self rule the colony. In 1941, Ho Chi Minh returned to Vietnam and formed the Vietminh, an organization whose goal was to obtain independence from France. France had no intention of relinquishing its colony; and as a result, they sent troops into Vietnam in 1945. In 1950, the United States entered the struggle and sent 15 million dollars in aid to France. Over the next few years, the United States sent over 1 billion dollars into France's war effort to defeat a "Man" the United States had once supported. In 1954, the French surrendered and the Vietminh controlled Vietnam. Many countries met in Geneva along with the Vietminh and the South Vietnam Anti- Communists to make a peace- agreement. The agreement divided Vietnam along the 17th parallel. Communists were in the north, while anti communists were in the south. By 1957, the communist group in the south, known as the Vietcong, began attacking the south vietnamese government. The north Vietnamese supported the group and began attacking the south Vietnamese government.
As the South Vietnamese government failed, because of ongoing corruption, the Vietcong presence in South Vietnam meant that the U.S. needed to get involved. In order for the South Vietnamese government to stabilize, the leader Diem would have to be assassinated. In 1963, the U.S. military killed him. Diem death ultimately brought more chaos The destroyer Maddocks was off the North Vietnamese coast, and the crew said that they saw torpedoes being launched. The alleged attack was an excuse for the U.S. to go into war.
The Vietnman war ended up lasting from 1959 until 1975. It is estimated that the U.S. killed 90,000 civilians in the war. 1,100,000 Vietnam's people army and the Nation Front for liberation of Vietnam were killed. 58, 260 american troops were killed in action, while 303, 644 were injured.
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pictures please. missing a period in 2nd paragraph.
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This is a well-written and clear summary! It would be nice if you went on to talk more about the U.S.'s role in the war.
ReplyDeleteGood summary and nice facts. but you should include more about the US involvement in the war.
ReplyDeleteWell-planned and nicely layed out. I think that the information is really good. I do agree that you should have included more about the US, but otherwise it is a really good posting!
ReplyDeleteInformation is very nicely organized and interesting. There are some grammatical errors, but other than that it's good.
ReplyDeleteNice brief summary on the main points. Well written and organized but there are a few grammatical errors. However possibly ad on to this posting by talking more in depth about the U.S.'s role in the war.
ReplyDeleteI like how you shortened the war into key events. The Vietnam War sounds like a huge mess and I am looking forward to learning why the US wanted to be in this war in the first place. Great post
ReplyDeleteIt was very thorough which was good, but maybe you could have added some pictures. I also thought you could have elaborated a little more on the US involvement. Good job overall
ReplyDeleteThere's a period missing in the second paragraph, other then that the information was good and well written. It could have used a picture
ReplyDeleteBesides the occasional typo, i thought it was well done. next time add some pictures
ReplyDeleteGreat job summarizing and covering key facts about the Vietnam War, overall it would be better if you included a little bit more about the role of the United States in this war
ReplyDeletegood job summarizing. i wish you could have had more pictures and less typos but over all good job.
ReplyDeleteGood background. I wish you could have included more about the United States' involvement in the war and the effects it had though.
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