Note+of+Vietnam+war

Note of Vietnam War:
The Vietnam War was fought between North and South Vietnam. The North was a communist country and the South had a more diplomatic government. During WWII, the French lost control of Vietnam which lead to Ho Chi Minh declare it an independent country. After the war, France returned and forced the communist into the north. The United States supported South Vietnam in the war. The United States worried about the spread of communism to surrounding countries if the North won. The United States sent thousands of troops over to try and spread democracy. Although the US had better weapons, the Viet Cong had a better plan. The war was fought by using guerrilla warfare. Guerrilla warfare meant fighting in small groups in order to win certain areas of land. The war was fought in the jungle so it was difficult for the US army to navigate forward. The Viet Cong had better war plans like using underground tunnels to hide and then fight. The innocent people of Vietnam were caught in a war that they did not want to be in. April 30 1975, Sai gon the capital of the South, fell into North Vietnam Control. Utter confusion took over and thousands upon thousands of South Vietnamese scrambled to the US military base an attempted to escape Vietnam. Thousands tried to climb over the wall into the base in hopes that they would be evacuated, and US military was forced to beat people down off the wall with their guns and at one point even tossed a grenade into the crowd of civilians below. The United States also used bad war tactics like using the chemical Agent Orange. This chemical was meant to poison the forest. The US army wanted to kill all the trees so the Viet Cong could not hide. Agent Orange hurt the innocent people of Vietnam because they could no longer grow food or drink the water. They started to not like Americans and wanted them out of their country. On April 30, 1975 the South had to surrender to the North. Hundreds of thousands Vietnamese died and others were left with nothing. When the South was defeated, the United States Army quickly left. Some soldiers tried to save some Vietnamese children and bring them to America for a better life. Four planes were loaded with children and left Vietnam. One plane was shot down by the North Vietnam army and everybody died. The Vietnam War was a very bad war because many people died for the United States and Vietnam. Some forests in Vietnam are still hurt because of the chemical Agent Orange. Many people of Vietnam were left homeless and had no money for food and water. The country is still trying to get past the war to become better.
 * Between 1945 and 1954, Vietnamese was against France and they receive 2.6 million supported by Americans.
 * During WWII, the Japanese government took control of much of the area and set up a puppet regime that was eventually forced out by the Vietnamese at the end of that war in 1945.
 * In the 1950 U.S began to send troops to Vietnam.
 * In 1955, France had fight with North Vietnam to gain their former territories in the region, but with a poorly organized army and little determination among the troops, their efforts soon collapsed. The french was defeats at Dien Bien Phu on 8th of May 1945 by the communist general Vo Nguyen Giap.
 * Between 1955 and 1960, North Vietnamese and the Southern communist Viet Cong, tried to take over the government in South Viet Nam, and November 1963 President Dien in North Vietnam was overthrown and executed.
 * Vietnam War cost the United States 58,000 lives and 350,000 casualties
 * Vietnamese deaths between one or two millions. ( Double than U.S deaths
 * American citizens protested against the war because so many lives were lost.
 * The American people marched in Washington DC to tell the government that we should not be in a war.
 * The President of the United States at first was Lyndon B. Johnson then it was Richard Nixon.
 * The My Lai Massacre happened in South Vietnam. Under Lt William Calley, soldiers went into the village and fired their guns. They killed 300 people including women and children.
 * Seven Buddhist burned themselves to death in protest of the Vietnam War. By doing so, brought worldwide attention to the protest.
 * The war was fought in the jungle.
 * The army had tunnels in the ground that they used to hide and store supplies.
 * Guerrilla warfare was used by the Viet Cong to reduce death and still fight good.
 * Napalm was used to bomb villages. It's wa anccidents by the soilders.