The Vietnam War
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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THE VIETNAM WAR
THE DOMINO THEORY WAS A THEORY THAT IF VIETNAM
WAS A COMMUNIST ALL OF ASIA WOULD FALL TO BECOME COMMUNISTS
THE NORTH PART OF VIETNAM AND THE SOUTH PART SEPERATED NORTH WAS
THE COMMUNIST VIETNAMESE SOUTH WAS THE ANTI COMMUNISTS
AMERICANS SUPPORTED THE SOUTHERN ANTI COMMUNISTS VIETNAMESE
BUT THAT ALL CHANGED
AMERICA ENTERED THE WAR BECAUSE OF THE DOMINO THEORY BECAUSE
THEY DIDNT WANT ALL OF ASIA TO BE COMMUNISTS
THEY ENTERED THE WAR THINKING IT WOULD BE QUICK AND EASY TO WIN
BUT THEY HAD SOMETHING ELSE COMING
THE AMERICAN ARMY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE VIETNAMESE JUNGLES
THE U.S. ARMY WAS NOT EQUIPPED TO FIGHT IN THE DENSE JUNGLES
VIETNAMESE FOUGHT A GUERRILLA WAR. THEY USED SMALL BANDS OF
SOLDIERS TO STAGE AMBUSHES AND BUILT BIG TUNNEL COMPLEXES TO HIDE
EVEN IN THE CITIES OF THE SOUTH WHERE AMERICANS WERE IN CONTROL
THE VIET CONG WOULD STAGE SUICIDAL BOMBS AND SNEAK ATTACKS
LEADERS
THE VIETNAM WAR WAS THE FIRST WAR THAT MANY PEOPLE DIDNT SUPPORT
THE WAR BECAME VERY BAD BECAUSE PEOPLE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND
WHY AMERICANS HAD TO DIE FOR A TINY COUNTRY ACROSS THE WORLD
PROTESTERS MARCHED AGAINST THE WAR SOMETIMES PEACEFULLY
SOMETIMES NOT
ALOT OF AMERICANS THOUGHT PROTESTERS WERE PUTTING U.S. IN DANGER
BY WEAKENING SUPPORT FOR THEM
EVENTUALLY PRESIDENT JOHNSON STOPPED SENDING TROOPS. HE EVEN
REFUSED TO RUN FOR ANOTHER TERM AS PRESIDENT BECAUSE OF VIETNAM
RICHARD NIXON TOOK OFFICE AS PRESIDENT IN 1969 PROMISING TO
END THE WAR WITH HONOR
BY THE TIME THE WAR WAS OVER AT LEAST 1.2MILLION
NORTH AND SOUTH VIETNAMESE WERE DEAD
58,000 AMERICANS DIED IN CONFLICT
AFTER THE AMERICAN ARMY LEFT NORTH VIETNAMESE INVADED SOUTH
AND UNIFIED THE COUNTRY UNDER COMMUNISTS RULE
TODAY VIETNAM IS STILL MOSTLY COMMUNISTS IN ITS GOVERNMENT BUT
IT HAS SHIFTED TO A MARKET ECONOMY
