... the Yalu River. The main objective of China was to eliminate the 3 presence of U.S. Military control in South Korea. "Mao Zedong thought the removal of United States troops was necessary to ensure a safe environment for communism to flourish without the persuasion of a capitalistic society ... ." (4) Mao ZeDong's need to clear the U.S. forces because of many reasons or China would be in chaos. U.S forces occupied most of the Yalu ... was to help an ally, and to show which power was stronger. During the Korean War the United States was very unreasonable. After the Korean War Mao ZeDong e...

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... to the communist side completely. In addition to developments in Vietnam, China and Korea made the United States more concerned about communism. China had a civil war between the communists under Mao Zedong who led the struggle in the north and nationalists under China's president, Chiang Kai-shek in the south during the 1940's. During this civil war the United States sent the ... Nationalists approximately $3 billion in aid. (Americans 613). Even though Chiang Kai-shek received aid from the U.S, he was defeated by Mao Zedong in 1949 and China became the first communist country in Asia....

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... French troops. At first, the Vietminh under General Vo Nguyen Giap, had great difficulty in coping with the better trained and equipped French forces. The situation improved in 1949 after Mao Zedong and his communist army defeated Chaing Kai-Shek in China. The Vietminh now had a safe-base where they could take their wounded and train new soldiers. By 1953, the Vietminh ... ...

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... elephant, who bleeds from a multitude of cuts." With the supplies and tactics provided by China, the Viet Minh began their resistance movement by uses of guerrilla warfare. As Giap followed Mao Zedong he was able to develop his own three principles, which outlined the plan the Viet Minh would use to fight this revolutionary war. The first principle Giap outlined was to ... ...

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