vietnam war

Running Head : VIETNAM WAR

Vietnam War

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a battle between North Vietnam and the National Liberation Front against South Vietnam and the United States Army . This war lasted from 1959 to 1975

This war is also referred to as the second Indochina War . The first Indochina War involved Vietnam 's struggle to free themselves from their French Colonizers . It was at the battle of Dien Bien Phu where the Vietnamese finally defeated the French , and finally on May

7 , 1954 , the French officially surrendered Vietnam was finally free . This incident however divided Vietnam into its northern and southern parts . The war between these two parts began when the northern Vietnamese wanted to conquer the south in to unify Vietnam under one communist rule This was unacceptable to the Southern Vietnamese . The south resisted the north , and then the second Indo China war began North Vietnam with the support of the national Liberation Front and South Vietnam under the support of the American troops

This was considered one of the longest and most costly wars that America had been involved in . Four presidential administrations of America had to get involved in this . An estimated 58 , 000 Americans died here and wounded about 304 , 000 . President Johnson 's involving of the United States in this war faced great opposition and criticism from the Americans citizens themselves

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War . It was misreported then...