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Stop the spread of communism Vietnam Independence to be free of foreign imperial influence Plans Send advisors escalate Limited War No nucs Air War Operation Rolling Thunder Operation Niagara. 67 and Add1 61295 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples The General Assembly Taking note of the recommendation of the Human Rights Coun cil contained in its resolution 12 of 29 June 2006 by which the Council adopted the text What was it?. The Vietnam War was . a war that had . C. ommunist North . Vietnam and its southern . allies, the . Viet Cong, . fighting against . South . Vietnam and the . United States. .. The war ended in 1973 because of the withdrawal of United States help.. Semester 2. Week 12. The Vietcong is Born. After Ngo Dinh Diem refused to hold Nat'l elections, Ho Chi Minh & his followers began an armed struggle to reunify the nation; they organized a new guerrilla army, which became known as the . Presidential Library and Museum. The Ford Library. in Ann Arbor. The Ford Museum. in Grand Rapids. - 21 million pages of materials. 400+ sets of papers. 500,000 audiovisual items. . 17,000 artifacts. Victoria Huynh. The Huynh Family. Both of my parents were born in Vietnam. Although both of my parents have a . C. hinese background as well. I have an older sister, Nicole who is 2 years older than me. Honors Foreign Policy. Timeline. Korea vs. Vietnam. Guerilla Warfare. Aim to capture “hearts and minds” of ordinary citizens and to undermine their confidence in the regime. Long term strategy – Guerillas do not have to inflict complete defeat upon enemy or compel them to surrender. 1. The Vietnam War . In the 1950's the United States began to send troops to Vietnam. During the following 25-years the ensuing war would create some of the strongest tensions in US history. Almost 3 million US men and women were sent thousands of miles to fight for what was a questionable cause. In total, it is estimated that over 2,5 million people on both sides were killed. . Lesson Plan 1 – 5. Beginnings of War. 1953: Eisenhower greatly increases aid to France in fighting Vietnam. May 1961. President Kennedy sends 400 Green Berets “Special Advisors” to South Vietnam to train South Vietnam soldiers on methods of counter-insurgency. Overview. Pretest. Timeline. BIO’S: Ho Chi Minh & Ngo Dinh Diem. The Language of War. The First Vietnam War. Reasons for US Involvement. Exploring The Four Stages . Why did America lose?. Pictures. By Altamush Ali Jindani. 2. nd. period. America has had many presidents who were war hawks. Not pointing fingers but our former president was one of them. There has been many wars in which the United States had fought. Both defeat and triumph was faced. Several different reasons led the United States to enter these wars. Some of these causes were fears and threats. Just like Vietnam war which was fought to stop communism from spreading into rest of Asia. Similarly, the latest Iraq war is being fought because of fear of further terrorist attacks and to stop the spread of terrorism in the whole world. Different times, different places but pretty similar causes. President Bush says, “. was a partial nuclear meltdown which occurred at the Three Mile Island power plant in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States on March 28, 1979. It was the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history. Vietnam War – the End. The . Vietcong were expert guerrilla fighters and the Americans had no answer to . this type . of warfare. The Vietcong copied the tactics the Red Chinese had used. The tactics can . National League of Families. Coordinator Evelyn Grubb. Newt Heisley. Mary Helen Hoff. DPAA. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. DPAA Mission. To Provide the fullest possible accounting for missing personnel to their families and the nation. Discouraging. The Vietnamese, both our ally and enemy, were difficult to keep separate. The majority of the Vietnamese fought as civilian militia (no uniforms). Deadly. Aside from combat . Americans had to deal .