Vietnam
VIETNAM
The Vietnam War started 20 years before the United States actually
sent in troops. From the 1880's until WWII (1939-1945), Vietnam was
governed by France as a part of Idochina. Vietnam was under nominal
control of an Emperor, Bao Dai.
In 1940 Japanese troops invaded and occuied French Indochina. The
Vietnamese saw this as an opportunity for their independence. They began
the League for the Independence of Vietnam, or viet minh. The viet minh
saw the …
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…run for reelection in 1968. Republican Richard Nixon ran for
presidency declairing that he would bring "peace with honor" if elected.
In 1965 the United States sent in troops to prevent the South
Vietnamese government from collapsing. Ultimately, the U.S. failed to
achieve victory, and in 1975 Vietnam was reunified under communist
control. During the war, 3-4 million Vietnamese were killed and 85,000
Americans died, along with 1.5-2 million Lao and Cambodians who were
drawn into the war.
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