Cause and Effect of Vietnam War

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The Vietnam War

Also known as the Second Indochina War (and American War for Vietnam the Vietnam war took place during the 1965 up until 1975 though many historians suggest that the Vietnam Conflict had already started since 1959 . On April 30 , 1975 , the war ended after the American troops completely departed Vietnam . After over 15 years of clash , the civil conflict between North Vietnam and South Vietnam was finally concluded with the Northern Vietnam 's Communist government converting the Southern frontier of Vietnam

. While the end has been the object of controversy mainly on the defeat of the United States which supported the Southern Vietnam until it left in 1975 . Thus , the major causes of the Vietnam War are the following events : the reoccupation of the French government , the North-South division , and the infamous stretch of Communism all through Vietnam

Historians established the different factors that led to the occurrence of the Vietnam War . Among the causes of the war in Vietnam was linked with the World War 2 . After the fall of Japan , French returned in Vietnam to claim control over the country . The French occupation resulted severe struggles for the Vietnamese . While the Vietnamese people suffer extreme exploitation and abuse on the hands of the French government , the United States , as how historians argued , did not do something about what was happening to Vietnam since France was among its allies

The Vietnam successfully reclaimed the land from the French government in 1954 which caused the division of Vietnam to north and south . Not long after , the two divided regions of Vietnam engaged in a civil war which was due to the spread of communism throughout the land . While the Northern frontier embraced communism , the Southern frontier did not . The next event suggested Southern Vietnam seeking for America 's help to fight against the impending influence of communist all through Vietnam so that , the United States participated the war in favor of the south

The assistance that was given by the American government during the Vietnam War was said to be motivated its fear of the spread of communism in the world . If Vietnam would be conquered by the communist government it would not take so much time that the whole Asia would be converted to communism . This drove the Americans to go in the war and aid the anti-communist movement in the south of Vietnam . In a way , the Vietnam War could still be linked with the America 's claim for world dominance

As for the effects of the Vietnam War , the Northern Vietnam had succeeded in reuniting the former divided land of Vietnam and applying the Communist way of government all throughout Vietnam . In relation with the war , when the American troops returned back to their homeland defeated , the United States so much criticisms not only within the U .S territory but also from the other countries for having been engaged in a war and returning home as losers . Nevertheless , it was...