Explain why the United States became increasingly involved in the war in Vietnam
Explain why the United States became increasingly involved in the war in Vietnam The Vietnam conflict originated from a struggle against the colonial rule from France. Vietnam, previously known as Indochina, had been part of the French empire up until 1940, when France was defeated in the Second World War by Germany. During the German occupation of France, Japan seized control of Vietnam and it's main resources like coal, rice and rubber. While the war was still being fought however, a strong anti-Japanese movement known as the Viet Minh emerged under the leadership of Communist Ho Chi Minh. This group fought against Japanese rule, and by the end of the Second World War, had successfully taken control of North Vietnam while still determined to declare Vietnamese independence across the whole country. In 1945, the French arrived to resume their control over Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh had successfully defeated the Japanese for his country's independence and hoped the Viet Minh could be victorious once again over France. In 1946, war broke out between the French and the Viet Minh. To begin with, the USA was somewhat sympathetic towards Vietnam, seeing the conflict as a struggle against colonial rule. The story changed however when China became a Communist state and offered support to Ho Chi Minh. America feared a Communist plan to dominate all of South-East Asia and quickly set
US and the Vietnam War
The American's defeat in the Vietnam War Why couldn't the United States of America succeed in the Vietnam War? By: Chia Ni Wu Word Count: 2564 Table of Contents Table of Contents.........................................................................................................2 A. Plan of the Investigation.......................................................................................3 B. Summary of Evidence.............................................................................................4 C. Evaluation of Sources............................................................................................6 D. Analysis...................................................................................................................7 E. Conclusion...............................................................................................................10 F. List of Sources.........................................................................................................11 A. Plan of Investigation The focus of the study is on the reasons why couldn't the United States succeed in the Vietnam War (1959-1975). This study focuses towards the end of the Vietnam War, where after thirteen years of war, United States was surprised by the fact that, how could such a developed nation with all the military power, not win in a war against an
This report is performed to bring a professional approach to marketing activities and, in particular, successfully launch these exciting new products in Vietnam (both SELPHY ES3 & ES30 and Laser Printer).
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Why did the USA become increasingly involved in Vietnam?
History Coursework- Question 1 Why did the USA become increasingly involved in Vietnam? The Vietnam War, which was bound to erupt at some point. The build up began in 1946, when war broke out between France and Viet Mingh. The US, because of recent increase in Communism in China, poured $500 million a year into French war effort and into a non-Communist government in Southern Vietnam. The war continued until 1954 until a peace conference in Geneva divided Vietnam into North and South until the next elections. In Vietnam, in 1954, the USA decided that elections would not be held as it was petrified that the Communists would win. At this time, President Eisenhower and his Secretary of State JF Dulles were convinced that China and the USSR were planning to spread Communism throughout Asia. The idea was often referred to as 'the Domino Theory.' The Americans believed that if Vietnam became a Communist state, then Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and possibly India might follow, like a row of dominoes. The US government saw this as justification to begin a war and used this excuse in their defence against anti-war protesters. The Americans saw Vietnam as the first domino, which could fall quickly, but the way the Americans approached the situation showed ignorance towards the Vietnamese people. In 1955, a fierce anti-Communist Ngo Dinh Diem was supported by the US to begin a
why the usa became increasingly involved in vietnam
Why did the USA become increasingly involved in Vietnam up to 1964? This assignment will examine why the United States of America became increasingly involved in a war which technically would have had no effect on them. I will now attempt to explain why the USA should have become involved in the war on Vietnam. I believe that the USA got involved in the war on Vietnam for several reasons. In this essay I will discuss them all. I believe that the major reason for the Americans getting involved in the Vietnam War was their fear of communism. I shall attempt to explain my opinion in this assignment. In this paragraph I will give a brief history about the problems in Vietnam. Before World War Two, Vietnam had been part of the French Empire. During the war, the country had been overrun by the Japanese. When the Japanese retreated, the people of Vietnam took the opportunity to establish their own government lead by Ho Chi Minh However, after the end of the war, the Allies gave back south Vietnam to the French while the north was left in the hands of the non-communist Chinese. The Chinese treated the north Vietnamese very badly and support for Ho Chi Minh grew. He had been removed form power at the end of the war. The Chinese pulled out of north Vietnam in 1946 and the party of Ho Chi Minh took over - the Viet Minh. In October 1946, the French announced their intention of
What were the reasons for America to become increasingly involved in Vietnam? The second Indo-China war, 1954-1975, grew out of the long conflict between France and Vietnam
What were the reasons for America to become increasingly involved in Vietnam? The second Indo-China war, 1954-1975, grew out of the long conflict between France and Vietnam. In July 1954, after one hundred years of colonial rule, France was forced to leave Vietnam. Communist forces under the direction of General Vo Nguyen Giap defeated the allied French troops at Diem Bien Phu. After the Geneva agreement saw Vietnam divided temporarily into north and south until the elections in 1956. Bao Dai was to lead the south and Ho Chi Minh the north. The North was being supported by the Chinese and Russians and the south by the Americans. An estimated 3 million troops from both sides died in this war. In this essay I will be going down in order from the most important factor for America to become increasingly involved to the least important. My argument is that America's obsession of their fear of communism was the most important, as they didn't want communism to spread around the world and one-day take over America. The domino theory was a huge fear and obsession of Americas. They believed that if one country was allowed to fall to communism, the country next to it would be influenced and would also fall to communism, just like dominoes. In view of the fear in America of communism spreading throughout the world, the thought of Vietnam being influenced by the two biggest countries of
Why did the USA become involved in Vietnamin the 1950s and 1960s?
Why did the USA become involved in Vietnam in the 1950s and 1960s? In the 19th century France owned a huge part of South East Asia. This area was known as Indo- China. During the Second World War, Japanese troops occupied this area. Local people did not want to be ruled by foreigners so they organised resistance groups. One of them was the Viet Minh. It was mainly a communist group, led by Ho Chi Minh. Japan surrendered on August 15th 1945. Soon after that Ho Chi Minh announced that Vietnam was an independent republic. The French wanted to keep Vietnam in their empire so French troops returned to Southern Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh's Viet Minh was not going to let the French retake Vietnam without a fight. War broke out between the French and the Viet Minh in 1946. The USA did not approve of France fighting to get its colony back. However they gave over $1 billion to France to help them win. Despite all the money, the French lost the war. In 1953, they tried to trap the Viet Minh by setting up a camp at Dien Bien Phu. However due to the Viet Minh the French could not get supplies into the camp. After two months the French were defeated and the survivors put into prison camps. After another two months an armistice was signed and the French agreed to leave Indo China. The peace talks were held at Geneva. They agreed that Vietnam would be split into two parts. The north part became a
Why did the united states become increasingly involved in Vietnam in the 1950s and 1960s?
Vietnam coursework question 1 Why did the united states become increasingly involved in Vietnam in the 1950s and 1960s? In this essay I will be writing about why America got involved in the Vietnam War, between the 1950s to the 1960s. This was a steady and slow process with many deaths all because of communism. It was very costly and bloody. This essay will focus on political reasons, military reasons and economy reasons. Firstly the political reasons. The involvement in Vietnam started off with the cold war, when Russia and America the emerging super powers after WW2, two different styles of living had emerged the capitalists (America) and the communist (Russia), both with two different beliefs. The cold war was a war of words, America hated the fact more countries was becoming communist, in Europe and Asia, they saw this as a "domino theory" affect. Eisenhower thought if Vietnam fell to communism it wouldn't be long until Cambodia would fall then Thailand then Malaysia. Their desire to "contain" this new threat was so great that they ended up in a bloody and costly war with Vietnam between the 1950s and 1960s. The history of Vietnam was that it was under French control in the 1880s the French called Vietnam indo-china. In WW2 the Japanese attacked Vietnam and gained control of it, after WW2 the French come back to Vietnam in 1945 looking to control it once again but find
Why Did America Get Involved In Vietnam In the 1950’s and 1960’s?
WHY DID AMERICA GET INVOLVED IN VIETNAM IN THE 1950's AND 1960's? In order to understand America's involvement in Vietnam it is necessary to comprehend the depth of their obsession with stopping the spread of Communism. This lead them to assist France in their struggle to uphold their empire in Indochina of which Vietnam was a part. The reason that America has developed such a hatred for Communism as the 20th century progressed is that they became enemies with the most powerful Communist country in the world, Russia. Being the most powerful capitalist country in the world America felt it was in their interest to prevent further spread of Communism around the world. This confrontation became known as The Cold War. In 1949, the Cold war spread to Asia, as China became a Communist country, followed by a Communist threat in Korea soon before the Vietnam war started. America failed to prevent Korea becoming Communist and lost 30,000 men in the process. During the Cold War President Truman of the USA devised a plan called the Truman Doctrine, based on the concept of containment. This basically meant that America would support and defend any countries that were under threat from Communist take-over so as to 'contain' Communism. This was originally a plan to defend Europe from any possible subversion, or invasion by Russia during the Cold War, but can also be applied to
How effective and influential was guerilla warfare in aiding communist victories in the 20th century?
A. Plan of Investigation How effective and influential was guerilla warfare in aiding communist victories in the 20th century? The scope and subject of this investigation is to identify the importance and effectiveness of guerilla warfare in helping the communists attain victory over their opponents. I have chosen to intimately deal with the Chinese Civil War (1930 - 1949) where we had the communists under Mao Tse Tung fighting the Nationalists under Chiang Kai Shek, and also the Vietnamese War (1964-1975), where the USA challenged the communist North Vietnamese under Ho Chi Minh, as both these areas greatly intrigue me as a historian. My investigation will involve reading and analyzing material concerning the guerilla campaigns in both China and Vietnam i.e. I will use the research method of investigation. B. Summary of Evidence Mao Tse Tung and his communist faction became deeply involved in a civil war with the Nationalists under Chiang Kai Shek from the year 1926 up to 1949. Mao adopted four simple tactical mottos:1 When the enemy advances, we retreat. When the enemy halts and camps, we trouble him When the enemy seeks to avoid battle, we attack When the enemy retreats, we pursue These are the principles encompassed in Mao's theory of guerilla warfare which each of the soldiers had to adopt. Mao realized the necessity of guerilla warfare, as he says; "Our
