The Vietnam War

Through the Vietnam War, both the winners and the losers suffered after.Vietnam was left crushed, and it has taken years for it to get back on its feet. Alot of people died, and familys were left hurt, loosing one or more family members. The war lasted from 1 November 1955 - 30 April 1975 (19 years, 180 days).

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-This happend when Ngo Dinh Diem was becoming the prime minister. When Diem got to the top and became the president of Vietnam, he obviously abused his power by sending people to kill his enemies. He also sent innocent people to jail for no actual reason. On the other hand, that's when the United States stopped supporting Diem and his actions.


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- Vietnam was spilt into two separate parts: The communist north and the democratic south. This was was followed by the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, that was supported by its communist allies. The South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other non-communist nations. The United States ended up sending millions of soldiers to Vietnam to prevent communism from spreading more around other countries. 


- The Vietnam War can be regarded as a people's war, because the guerilla fighters were not that easy to dustinguish from the civillian population. And that's because they were good at what they were doing. The guerilla fighters could easily retreat into the jungle, and with their hit-and-run attacks that involved guerillas striking at government outposts.


4) Finally when the southerns couldn't stand it anymore, Diem got killed on the 1st of May, 1963. The population of South Vietnam celebrated their vicotry and their country got reunited.
After the war, countries like Indonesia, The Phillipines, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia stayed free of communism.



Sources: Buzzle og Wikipedia.