Very brief summary of Vietnam War
After World War II, conflict arose between the French and Communist revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh and his established group the League for Independence of Vietnam (Viet Minh). In August 1945, Viet Minh guerillas captured the capital city of Hanoi in Indochina. Bao Dai, the emperor of Indochina was renounced and that region of Indochina changed into the independent nation of North Vietnam led by President Ho Chi Minh. On July 1, 1949, Bao Dai, with the help of the French founded South Vietnam and named the new capital of th
On October 24, 1954, President Dwight D. Saying that his government would turn down to hold reunification elections was one of his first actions. Eisenhower offered North Vietnam direct economic aid for their loss to the North. Not too long ago the number jumped up to 2500 POWs. After fighting for fifty-five days the French surrendered. By boat around 500,000 tried to leave Vietnam but about 10 to 15 percent of the people died. A poll found 61 percent of respondents favoring diplomatic relations, with only 27 percent opposed. The total cost of the Vietnam War up to 1990 for the United States was $179,000,000,000. As a result of this war more than 2 million Vietnamese were killed, 3 million wounded, and hundreds of thousands of children orphaned. military and civilian prisoners of war. The Saigon government was continually helped by the Americans even after Bao Dai was overthrown and on October 23, 1955, South Vietnam was a republic headed by the president Ngo Dinh Diem. military advisers were called to train South Vietnamese Army Forces.
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