VIETNAM
Before WWII the French owed Vietnam but during WWII France lot control to Japan. After WWII Japan lost control of this land and it was given back to the french. Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh tried to appeal to Woodrow Wilson for self-determination but Ho Chi Minh started becoming more communist so the U.S. tied to stay way and to let the France handle it.At Dienbienphu France was surrounded and lost. After the loss France decided to leave. This allowed communism to grow in Vietnam The conference at Geneva split Vietnam in half at the 17th parallel North Vietnam was communist and South was non-communist led by Ngo Dinh Diem. After this Johnson ordered a bombing on North Vietnam, he used the Tonkin Gulf Resolution to follow a policy of escalation. He sent about 400,000 soldiers to Vietnam. In when Nixon entered the White House he promised to end the war honorably. He wanted Vietnamization to returning U.S. troops.
America's goal in Vietnam was to contain communism, but in 1975 North Vietnam overran and took over South Vietnam.
America's goal in Vietnam was to contain communism, but in 1975 North Vietnam overran and took over South Vietnam.
