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vietnam conflict. The Vietnam conflict Part of French Indochina, Vietnam was
occupied by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. ...
Vietnam War - The Vietnam Conflict And Its Effects. The Vietnam conflict
began in the late nineteenth century. The French conquered ...
The Vietnam Conflict And Its Effects. The Vietnam conflict began in the late nineteenth
century. The French conquered Vietnam and made it a protectorate. ...
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impact of the American opinion of the Vietnam Conflict. ...
... The Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968 Robert McNamara saw the Vietnam conflict
escalate from 100 American advisors in 1961 to over 275,000 troops during ...
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The Vietnam conflict
Part of French Indochina, Vietnam was occupied by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. Ironically, America's first involvement in the region was in support of a Vietnamese patriot named Ho Chi Minh, the leader of a small nationalist movement which had been waging a campaign against the Japanese since 1941. At the end of the War, Ho and his "Viet Minh" movement actively resisted France's attempt to regain control of Vietnam, and turned to the Soviet Union and Communist China for assistance.
While the United States did not initially support French return to power, the collapse of the Chinese Nationalist government in 1949 and the outbreak of the Korean War in June, 1950 solidified American resolve to contain communism and prevent worldwide aggression. As a result, President Truman stepped up assistance to France and stationed a small assistance and advisory group in Saigon in September 1950.
Successive military defeats over the next four years eroded the French will to carry on the war, even though by 1954 the United States was bearing about 75% of its financial cost. The Viet Minh ultimately defeated the French in May of that year, but were denied their goal of a united, communist Vietnam. An international conference in Geneva partitioned Vietnam at the 17th parallel and the Eisenhower administration agreed to provide direct U.S. military assistance to the South. American military commitment to South Vietnam was expanded by President's Kennedy and Johnson, as their war with North Vietnam intensified.
In August 1964, North Vietnamese patrol boats attacked U.S. Navy ships in international waters off the coast of Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin. Congress responded by passing a joint resolution which "Americanized" the war by authorizing the President to "take all necessary measures" to safeguard the troops and prevent aggression.
The Illinois National Guard became involved in the Vietnam...
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