Vietnam

Vietnam War The Vietnam War was a war between Vietnam and the join States and the French. It started in May of 1954 and lasted until April of 1975. (Karnow, 11) It was a war to stop the pass around of communism throughout Vietnam and have France come up big businessman over Vietnam again.

        The Vietnam War was the second of two major conflicts that spread throughout Indochina. The first was mainly between the French and the Vietnamese. The Vietnam War started because Vietnam gained freedom from France in 1954 and split into two parts the north and south. The southwesterly had an anti-communist government and the North had a communist government. France wanted to regain power over Vietnam, and a war began.

        During the war Viet cong was started and it became the subject liberation front of South Vietnam. It included all groups that remote Diem and U.S. (Grolier, 193) Ngo Dinh Diem had power over South Vietnam at this time. Diems Military was the army of the republic of Vietnam (ARVN). Ho Chi Mihn had power over North Vietnam. Mihn was the leader of the Viet cong. United States was believed to be in the war because they thought that if one Southeast Asian area fell under communist government that others would follow. The ARVN dis gradeed the difference of opinion of AP BAC in January 1963.



(Grolier, 193) France withdrew from the war because of a defeat at Dien Bien Phu. indeed the war was about stopping the spread of communism not about France regaining control over Vietnam.

         South Vietnams situation became critical in 1963. Buddhist monks began protesting religious persecution. Diem refused to allay the Buddhists. The United States did not want the war to be lost so they supported a group that over threw Diem on November 1, 1963.

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