How was the Vietnam War fought? 》
The causes of the Vietnam War were complex, including the French colonial legacy, the US-Soviet struggle for hegemony, the regional strategy of the United States, the desire for reunification within Vietnam, and the intervention of other countries.
I have roughly summarized the following points:
Vietnam was a French colony before World War II, but was occupied by Japan during World War II.
At the end of World War II in 1945, Ho Chi Minh set up a place called the "Democratic Republic of Vietnam" (everyone also called it "North Vietnam") in Hanoi, North Vietnam.
But the French, who supported Emperor Bao Da in establishing a "Vietnamese state" (also known as "South Vietnam") in Saigon.
After World War II, France wanted to continue to be the boss in Vietnam, but the Vietnamese stopped doing it.
Ho Chi Minh's gang felt that Vietnam should be its own masters, so they established their own ** in the north.
France supported another emperor and built a ** in the south.
In this way, Vietnam was divided into two halves, North Vietnam and South Vietnam, both sides felt that they were orthodox.
At that time, the United States and the Soviet Union were competing for global hegemony.
Vietnam is right in the middle of their game.
The United States was afraid of the spread of communism in Southeast Asia, so it decided to support South Vietnam, gave them money and **, and even sent people to help fight the war.
And North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and China.
In addition to fearing communism, the United States felt that flexing its muscles in Vietnam would deter other smaller countries that wanted to challenge it.
At the same time, there are many people in the United States who are very disgusted with communism, and the United States is waiting for an opportunity to use this sentiment to promote the war.
In addition to the intervention of external forces, the Vietnamese themselves want to unify the country.
North Vietnam felt that they were the legitimate representatives of Vietnam and should unify the country.
South Vietnam, on the other hand, felt that it had the support of the United States and Western countries, and was not afraid of North Vietnam.
North Vietnam and South Vietnam fought over who could rule all of Vietnam.
On the North Vietnamese side, Ho Chi Minh took the lead, and also received military aid from the Soviet Union and the Middle Kingdom.
The Americans, on the other hand, sided with South Vietnam and even sent troops into the war.
In 1961, Kennedy took office in the United States**, and then the American special forces appeared on the soil of South Vietnam, which meant that the Americans would step into the Vietnam War, which gave them nightmares.
In 1964, under the strong offensive of NATO, South Vietnam lost two-thirds of its area. In order to save the situation, the Americans expanded the war by creating the 'Gulf of Tonkin Incident'.
In 1965, U.S. soldiers landed in Da Nang, and by 1968, the number of U.S. troops invading Vietnam had reached more than 540,000.
In 1969, Nixon succeeded Kennedy as the United States** and began to introduce the policy of Vietnamization of the war, that is, the gradual transfer of combat missions to the puppet regime of South Vietnam in the form of military aid.
The Americans, on the other hand, are beginning to emerge from the quagmire of the Vietnam War.
That's it for you about the causes of the Vietnam War! --Xiaoya's perspective].
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