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- The Vietnam War, a major event in history, started with France colonizing Southeast Asia in the late 1800s. The conflict escalated with the rise of the Viet Minh liberation movement, led by Ho Chi Minh. The war intensified with the U.S. involvement due to their anti-communist stance. The war ended with North Vietnam's victory in 1975.
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Sep 13, 2017 · The following Vietnam War timeline is a guide to the complex political and military issues involved in a war that would ultimately claim millions of lives.
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- Jessica Pearce Rotondi
- The Collapse of French Indochina and Rise of Ho Chi Minh. Vietnam became a French colony in 1877 with the founding of French Indochina, which included Tonkin, Annam, Cochin China and Cambodia.
- Battle of Dien Bien Phu. The conflict between the French and the Viet Minh came to a head at the decisive Battle of Dien Bien Phu, when, after a four-month siege, the French lost to the Viet Minh under commander Vo Nguyen Giap, marking the end of French rule in Vietnam.
- The 1954 Geneva Accords Divide Vietnam. Diplomats from the United States, the USSR, the People's Republic of China, the United Kingdom, North and South Korea, and France, as well as representatives from the Viet Minh (northern Vietnam), the State of Vietnam (southern Vietnam), Cambodia, and Laos, in session at the Geneva Conference in July 1954.
- The Cold War. Vietnam was divided during the Cold War when tensions between the U.S. and The Soviet Union were at an all-time high. Mao Zedong proclaimed the creation of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, and in January 1950, China joined with the Soviet Union to formally recognize the communist Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
The Vietnam War, a major event in history, started with France colonizing Southeast Asia in the late 1800s. The conflict escalated with the rise of the Viet Minh liberation movement, led by Ho Chi Minh. The war intensified with the U.S. involvement due to their anti-communist stance.
- Carpet bombing is a large aerial bombing done in a progressive manner to inflict damage in every part of a selected area of land. The phrase evokes...
- Yes, in many ways the U.S did partly start the war. The Gulf of tonkin incident( when a u.s ship was officially attacked by NVA patrol boats) which...
- After the Tet Offensive and use of Guerrilla warfare, many soldiers became 'trigger happy' and furious with the Vietnamese and attacked the place w...
- The claim that the United States practiced isolationism prior to World War II is horrendously untrue. The United States invaded Hawaii i 1893, Cuba...
- Actually carpet bombing was not even that effective in Vietnam. The Vietnamese had so many tunnel systems, you would just bomb in and they would co...
- The triumph of the war would be the end of foreign intervention in the nation. That happened.
- Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam and is still called Hanoi.
- the term 'cold war' means that no 'shots were fired or battles fought' a 'hot war' would be a war where there were lots of battles and shots fired...
- Both Laos and Cambodia were ill-governed by their respective governments. The ruthless Khmer-rouge government in Cambodia was terrible, and the wor...
- Do you mean, "Why didn't the US massacre millions of Soviet Civilians and soldiers who had been drafted into the armed forces there?" Or are you su...
- Roots of the Vietnam War. Ho Chi Minh. Vietnam, a nation in Southeast Asia on the eastern edge of the Indochinese peninsula, had been under French colonial rule since the 19th century.
- When Did the Vietnam War Start? The Vietnam War and active U.S. involvement in the war began in 1954, though ongoing conflict in the region had stretched back several decades.
- The Viet Cong. With the Cold War intensifying worldwide, the United States hardened its policies against any allies of the Soviet Union, and by 1955 President Dwight D. Eisenhower had pledged his firm support to Diem and South Vietnam.
- Domino Theory. A team sent by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 to report on conditions in South Vietnam advised a build-up of American military, economic and technical aid in order to help Diem confront the Viet Cong threat.
The Vietnam War was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The conflict was intensified by the ongoing Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.
A timeline of events leading up to and surrounding the Battle of Ong Thanh and the protests that broke out on the campus of the University of Wisconsin Madison in October of 1967. Two Days in...
A timeline of events leading up to and surrounding the Battle of Ong Thanh and the protests that broke out on the campus of the University of Wisconsin Madison in October of 1967.
