... Ho Chi Minh said, before one could practice Communism one had to have a country to practice it in. The majority of the North Vietnamese were communists the Vietnamese had many different types of political persuasions that joined in the struggle against foreign rule. The Vietnamese people welcomed members of the NLF into their homes and helped the military because the way the ... as, militarily. Another advantage the Vietnamese had was the advantage to recruit the military personnel locally. France never established a very good relationship with the Vietnamese, who repeatedly rebelled aga...

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... War has drastically changed the lives of many people.   In 1949, China fell into Mao Zedong's communist forces. More than 500 million Chinese and 220 million soviets lived under communist rule. Japan ruled Korea from 1905 until the end of World War 2. Most Americans had barely even heard of Korea. Korea was divided into North and South, after World War 2. On ... of South Korea in the first six weeks of fighting. But without the UN forces, North Korea would have advanced and taken over South Korea. The United States provided the majority of the UN military forces which drove the North K...

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• Grade Level: High School

... established itself as a world power. Truman caused relations with the Russians to worsen right away by submitting the Truman doctrine which "aided" Turkey and Greece by freeing them of communist rule, many more were killed. The Marshal plan came shortly afterwards ensuring American aid to reconstruct Europe, preventing communism at all costs. Having a division of Europe between the east and the ... affected by the Cold War in that the U.S. was trying to prove how great their life in this country was. The Television had become a major communications tool in that the majority of the progr...

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• Grade Level: High School

... the backing of the Soviets who were eager to expand Communism in the region. The French were overrun at Dien Bien Phu in 1954 after over 50 years of colonial rule. Eisenhower's advisors after calculating the forces necessary to win the war were perceptive enough to convince him to keep the U.S. out of the Indochina war. President Kennedy was not as ... be known as the Vietnam antiwar movement. A large number of American men and women, mostly young, were opposed to the war for ethical and religious beliefs. The United States as a majority appeared to be opposed to the events that had unf...

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• Grade Level: High School