The North (the communist Vietcong) and the South (the capitalist French and USA). 1965. ... The anger of the American people was demonstrated through several protests and riots. ... In 1969, America began reducing the number of troops it was sending over and Australia did the same. ... The North Vietnamese completed its victory and reunited Vietnam as a communist country. ... These cases showed strong racism against all Vietnamese and also the slaughtering of civilians in North Vietnam. ...

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In retaliation a massive air strike was launched against military installations in North Vietnam, this forced America all the deeper into the conflict which would prove to be greater than they capable of handling. The retaliation strike was labeled "Operation Rolling Thunder", which lived up to its name consisting of full fledged bombing runs on North Vietnam. ... Once again America was overproducing itself. ... The South Vietnamese left to win their own war continued to get American support consisting of tanks and other munitions, but they could not defeat the North Vietnamese. ... Not...

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Vietnam splits, North and South. ... Johnson retaliates against the North Vietnam. ... The North Vietnamese except sacrifice. ... North Vietnam declares a full war. ... North Vietnam plans a bold offense to shatter Americans hope from ending the war. ...

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North Vietnam released all American prisoners of war. ... Dependence on the "camp follower economy," which had also lost its American backbone created inflation crippled the country. ... The North Vietnamese were gaining ground. ... As Hue, Danang and other major cities of the north fell to the North Vietnamese refugees fled south. ... North Vietnam was strong and capable. ...

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The Communist Party believed that the American people were growing war-weary and that they could humiliate Johnson and force the United States to hand over south Vietnam. ... Promising an end to the war in Vietnam, Richard Nixon won a narrow victory in the election of 1968.On April 30th, 1970; President Nixon announced that American troops would be invading Cambodia to clean out North Vietnamese camps in the east region of the country. ... Since Cambodia was a neutral country, many people in America protested the invasion. ... Nixon's continued reliance on expanded air war to provide cove...

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But the Vietcong, aided by North Vietnam, remained a constant threat to the government in the south. In 1965, President Johnson sent the first American combat troops to South Vietnam, and at that point, it became an American War. When the first American troops went to war in Vietnam, Americans went to war at home. ... It became the longes and most painful war in American history. ... But in 1975, the North Vietnam Army invaded South Vietnam, ignoring the agreement. ...

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ROLLING THUNDER As you all know, President Johnson was a starch anti-communist and the American people, as a majority, were against the Vietnam war. ... On Christmas eve a terrorist bomb in the Brinks Hotel in Saigon killed several American personnel. ... Army barracks at the Pleiku Airfield where 9 Americans were killed and 5 aircraft were destroyed. ... So, for the next 2 days American aircraft struck NVA military installations just accross the 16 parallel. ... Rolling Thunder was a restricted but massive bombing campaign against North Vietnam. ...

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Ho Chi minh one of the most well known Vietnamese because of his leading role in the war between North and South Vietnam known as Vietnam war. ... Eventually led to the escalation and official documentation of U.S. involvement in Vietnam National liberation front- it was formed in 1960 to effect the overthrow of south Vietnamese government and the reunification of north and south Vietnam. ... It must be made by the governments and by the people of the states affected by those wars not by America. Rosa Parks- black American civil rights activist whose refusal to relinquish her seat5...

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The enemy were North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong but you rarely viewed them except as shadowy figures in the jungle or momentarily illuminated by the light of a flare. ... Why did America make out to its people that North Vietnam was the first to set off heavy artillery? ... Although, it did not tackle the bigger issues, it exposed American soldiers to the world and what they went through to try and defeat the North Vietnamese Soldiers and communism. ... On the other hand the Viet Kong and North Vietnamese soldiers, recruited women fighters who fought in the heart of the jungle. ... These pa...

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Due to the unique beliefs and ideals democracy has instilled in Americans, they feel obligated to act as leaders of the world and help other countries in need. The foreign policies of President Eisenhower led to the involvement of the Americans in the Vietnam War, but to a limited extent. ... These foreign policies led to an effective involvement in the Vietnam War from an American perspective. ... "The Geneva Agreement called for a division between North Vietnam and South Vietnam along the seventeenth parallel, with establishment of a so-called Demilitarized Zone between them. ... In the ...

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The year 1968 was one of the most dramatic twelve months in American history. ... After the Tet Offensive, 70,000 North Vietnamese troops coordinated a series of attacks. Even though US forces were able to hold back and retake lost ground, this display of north Vietnamese forces shocked and dismayed the American people and support for the war. ... The Gulf of Tonkin is when allegedly a US navy ship came under fire by north Vietnamese troops. ... The first and second women moment,disabled, Gay and Lesbian movement and African American movement. ...

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North Vietnam were communists, South Vietnam were non-communists. The north wanted to overthrow the South's government. ... American military deaths had a count of 58,000 and 300,000 were wounded. North Vietnam had a total of 1 million dead and 600,000 wounded. ... The women who worked directly with the military were with the American Red Cross. ...

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And, although it only lasted for about one month, it was one of America's most notable battles that taught the Americans and the Vietnamese valuable lessons about life and war. ... By mid-January, 1968, about 84,000 of the North Vietnamese Army (NVA), and the Vietcong troops were in South Vietnam. ... So the offensive did, in fact, not take Americans by surprise. ... United States Marines and paratroopers were ordered to go from house to house to find North Vietnamese and NLF soldiers. ... At the very least, they would shatter any illusions of American invulnerability as well as the ...

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Later, during Nixon's administration, the North Vietnamese began bombarding the south with a series of surprise attacks in what's known as the Tet Offensive. ... In reaction to this Nixon authorized "vietnamization, which was a plan to help build up the South Vietnamese army, and prepare them for taking on the North "in order to facilitate a gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops " (http://www.history.com/topics/vietnamization). ... Most people know the Vietnam war for the protests and chaos in America during the war, but what many don't know is the "protests did not start when Amer...

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There were more than 16,000 U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam, and more than 100 or more Americans had been killed by the John F. ... Johnson authorized the sustained bombing, by United States aircraft, of targets in north of the 17th Parallel in March 1965". ... Every American President called the enemy in Vietnam-the Vietminh. 1960's successor, the National Liberation Front (NLF) : and the government of north Vietnam which was led by Ho Chi Minh as agentsof global Communism. Most Americans called communism the "antithesis of all they held dear." ... A lot of Americans even compa...

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This war took place because the Vietnams couldn't agree on one government so they broke up into two major parts, North and the South. North Vietnam wanted to have Communism for a government under the influence of Ho Chi Minh, and the South wanted to have democracy, under the influence of the French rule. ... The First Problems The Americans came up to a dross road. ... The North Vietnamese being that they knew the land so well, set booby traps all over the place. ... Trouble Inside America Johnson, the president at that time, couldn't face that thought of being the first American p...

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Americans at the time doubted the attack of the North Vietnamese, but there has never been any proof to prove or disprove this happening. ... The "Hawks supported the war and the fight against communists and the "Doves" were against the war and didn't think America was a risk from North Vietnam or communism. The doves supported many riots and protests against the American involvement.. ... This proved to the Americans that the U. ... When America felt as if their boys were coming home Nixon shocked everyone when he told the nation we were going to invade Cambodia to clear out th...

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In the end the American troops left Vietnam because the American people didn't support the war as much as in the beginning. The American government gave up while the communist North Vietnam took over Laos, Cambodia, and South Vietnam. ... B-57 bombers were destroyed, and five American service personnel were killed. ... The Viet Cong were trained to "trick" American soldiers. ... The American Casualties included 58,000 deaths and 300,000 injuries. ...

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Also, supply routes from North Vietnam to South Vietnam were being made by the Vietcong. ... With this, the neighboring country of Cambodia was on the side of the North. ... In 1961, Russia began aiding North Vietnam with supplies and finances. ... America did not want Russia to have the ability to aid the Communist North without a defense brought by South Vietnam. It was not as much about the U.S. stopping North Vietnam per say, but rather America stopping the spread of Communism around the World. ...

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These were the words spoken to the American public by President Lyndon.B.Johnson on the 31st of March 1968 at the end of the offensive. ... The point in which the Americans stopped and had a look at what they were really doing. The point that was the downfall for the Americans despite a comprehensive military victory. The Tet was also significant to the people and government of North Vietnam. ... Although the North Vietnamese lost the offensive it was a major victory for them. ...

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Aid to France in Indochina was a quid pro quo for French cooperation with America's plans for the defense of Europe through the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. ... Using as a provocation alleged North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. ... Kissinger to Paris for secret negotiations with the North Vietnamese. ... The American troops and POWs came home, but the war continued. ... In April 1975, North Vietnamese troops and tanks converged on Saigon, and the war was over. ...

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The country was divided because of the communistic views of the North. ... This caused much controversy throughout America. ... The war finally ended on April 30, 1973 with a defeated America going home, after the North Vietnamese had taken over the south. ... By 1954 there were 342 American military personal there. ... He ordered the first air strikes on the North. ...

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The French were losing and were not able to control the communist North Vietnamese from invading South Vietnam. ... On August 2, 1964 the USS Maddox was off the coast of North Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin, when it was fired upon by some North Vietnam gunboats. There is a large dispute on whether there was a second attack or not by the North Vietnamese. The United States government said there was and the North Vietnamese said there was not. Surprisingly, the North Vietnamese version does seem more creditable but even with that said the American peop...

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He believed that a secret bombing in Cambodia would hurt the North Vietnamese. ... The North Vietnamese became very angered at the prince of Cambodia. ... The Khmer Rouge was given lots of advice from the North Vietnamese and knew about all of the American operations. ... Nixon tried to scale down the American reaction to these events by saying that he had withdrawn an extra 250, 000 men and stopped the bombing of North Vietnam. ... GIs could no longer tell which civilians were loyal to the North Vietnamese and which were not. ...

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The war began as a Communist guerrilla campaign supported by North Vietnam, who sought control of South Vietnam. ... In April, the first North Vietnamese regular units infiltrated South Vietnam. ... With all that in mind, the American government had to re-think where this war was taking us. ... For a little while, it seemed the end was in sight, with the United States scaling back its bombings of North Vietnam, and North Vietnam agreeing to meet with the United States in Paris to discuss peace negotiations, but the battle was far from over. ... These actions set off major protests on Ameri...

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