Vietnam Independence ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● a) What happened? The war started from 1959 to April 30‚ 1975 1858 to 1884 France invades Vietnam and makes Vietnam a colony. September 1940 Japan invades Vietnam. May 1941 Ho Chi Minh‚ also known as the leader of vietnam establishes the Viet Minh (League for the Independence of Vietnam). September 2‚ 1945 – Vietnam become Democratic Republic of Vietnam. May 7‚ 1954 The French suffer a decisive defeat at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu
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Topic 1: My Holiday Dear Mary‚ Thank you for your letter. I have just returned home from my holiday in Nha Trang. It is a great city by the sea and my trip was lovely. I went to Nha Trang with my very best friends and we stayed for seven days in Golden Sea Hotel. In the morning‚ we got up at 8:00 o’clock‚ had breakfast and went to the beach. About 2.00 pm‚ we had lunch in the hotel’s restaurant.Every day after lunch‚ we travelled to a various of places near Nha Trang‚ such as Vinpearl Land‚
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Vietnam – Japan Relations The economy of Vietnam Vietnam – a country locates in South East Asia which has the area of 329‚560 sq km. With the history spans over 4000 years‚ Vietnam’s identity has been shaped by long-running conflicts with foreign forces. The Socialist People’s Republic of Vietnam was founded in 1954 and unified in 1976 after the Vietnam War. Since 1986‚ Vietnam has embarked on the course of “Đổi mới” (Renovation Policy) – the comprehensive economic renovation which aims to eliminate
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the 19th century Vietnam has been at war between two political ideologies. Nationalism vs. Imperialism. Throughout its history Vietnam had trieb or to successively create a nationalistic identity but had failed again and again. When WW2 came to an end we saw how Vietnam’s history caused a revolution that united the peoples; through such events: oppression/suppression and thus causing an emergence in nationalistic ambitions. And a revolution which changed everything. Ex-Vietnam was part of French-ruled
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From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam) Part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War Clockwise‚ from top left: US combat operations in Ia Drang‚ ARVN Rangers defending Saigon during the 1968 Tet Offensive‚ two Douglas A-4C Skyhawks enroute for airstrikes against North Vietnam after the Gulf of Tonkin incident‚ ARVN recapture Quảng Trị during the 1972 Easter Offensive‚ civilians fleeing the 1972 Battle of Quảng Trị‚ burial of 300 victims of the 1968 Huế Massacre
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The Vietnam War is truly one of the most unique wars ever fought by the Unites States of by any country. It was never officially declared a war (Knowll‚ 3). It had no official beginning nor an official end. It was fought over 10‚000 miles away in a virtually unknown country. The enemy and the allies looked exactly the alike‚ and may by day be a friend but by night become an enemy (Aaseng 113). It matched the tried and true tactics of World War Two against a hide‚ run‚ and shoot technique known as
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The United States got involved with the fight in Vietnam mostly as a result of three things: Eisenhower believed in what’s known as the domino theory‚ which is the belief that if one country in southeast Asia gave into communism more and more would start to follow suit‚ just like falling dominoes. Eisenhower said in his speech “This would lead to disintegration in Southeast Asia‚ with the "loss of Indochina‚ of Burma‚ of Thailand‚ of the Peninsula‚ and Indonesia following” (http://www.history.co
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The history of Vietnam is one of great struggle and conflict. For centuries the vietnamese people have had no choice but to change their society by force in order to gain their own freedom and independence. Pivitol events in Vietnamese history such as the Battle of Bach Dang in 939 and the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 are examples of how the conflict theory brought change to Vietnamese society and culture. For centuries Vietnam had been under Chinese rule. The Vietnamese people were an oppressed
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Throughout the Vietnam War‚ the Americans used many tactics to defeat the Vietcong. The reason for the American involvement in the war was to prevent the spread of communism. This spread was known as the Domino theory. Two of the tactics used were ‘Search and destroy’ and ‘defoliation.’ Both of these tactics were used greatly throughout the War. As well as this‚ both tactics were implemented by General Westmoreland. There were two kinds of Search and Destroy and they were search and destroy in
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Why Did the USA Become Increasingly Involved in Vietnam? The Vietnam War- one of the bloodiest‚ grimmest‚ and most trying times of the Cold War. A war that many believed was fought in vain and without purpose and that “…produced no famous victories‚ no national heroes and no patriotic songs…” A war that threw the USA into public disdain for intervening where intervention was not needed; for causing bloodshed when none was called for- and all in the name of a failed policy of Containment and the
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