He quoted Jefferson when he declared Vietnamese independence. He only turned to the Soviets because they were the only people who were offering support to Vietnamese Independence while the US and France were sending Nazis to go fight him.A possibility if he goes titoist.
Regardless he asked America for an alliance and they immediately turned on him and they did include Nazis in the Foreign Legion. All because the US couldn't understand that he was only a Communist because he was a Nationalist.Only a small percentage of the French foreign Legion in Vietnam were German. And that every member of the German contingent was members of the nazis party is very insensitive , some people joint to find a living after World War II which devastated Germany, others admittedly were members of the Waffen-SS seeking to Flee Europe to avoid prosecution for the many horrible things they did during the war.
The United States dropped more ordinance in Southeast Asia in the Vietnam War than they did on Europe and Japan combined in WW2, I'm not sure that just dropping more bombs would have solved anything.All right here is my opinion on how the US could’ve won the Vietnam war we needed to carpet bomb the North Vietnamese cities like we did during World War II to break the populations will to resist us. In my opinion that is the only way we could win the Vietnam war totally. This is just what I think could’ve worked I am not advocating actually doing this.
Follow their Australian partners actions instead of using a sledge hammer to thump in a tac.
The United States dropped more ordinance in Southeast Asia in the Vietnam War than they did on Europe and Japan combined in WW2, I'm not sure that just dropping more bombs would have solved anything.
I mean, they would have to actually know its an independence war, not a war against communism. With that knowledge, how can they win? How can they excuse their actions?
He quoted Jefferson when he declared Vietnamese independence. He only turned to the Soviets because they were the only people who were offering support to Vietnamese Independence while the US and France were sending Nazis to go fight him.
He had been a solid Communist since the '20s. He said that stuff as being the best way to influence the US, not that he was an admirer of 18thC Democracy.
Check out his 'Land Reform' of 1955. Stalin would have been Proud.
That’s my pick. The guy reached out for US help after the Japanese withdrawal - help him.
Oh boy, what would the French say? Let's remember France had a very strong communist party with legitimacy at the time, so a communist takeover wasn't that crazy to think about. France was also a bigger partner than Vietnam.Support Ho Chi Minh when he tried to ally with the US in 1945.
The American were major contributors of the French war effort in Vietnam, financing a big part of the operations. Troups on the ground might be a bit much for the Americans and the FrenchIntervene in 1954 at Dien Bien Phu.
And that's a big, big point. The RVN was fairly unpopular due to a host of reason, chief among them political and religious persecution. Diem effectively created a Christian mafia, pushing down on the Buddhist and Cao Dai instead of relying on them. That and his kleptocracy (happily supported by Western Powers) made him extremely unpopular with the population.Failing to break the power of the landlords is a major reason why RVN lost.
Failing to break the power of the landlords is a major reason why RVN lost.
There was as much a difference between the historical groups in Vietnam as there was in the British Isles, with the Irish, Scots, Welsh, and English
Vietnam had never really been unified on its own in that long history of being occupied by other Empires
The DMZ wasn't that randomly placed, it was close to the historical divide, Annam Gate, the boundary between the Trinh & Nguyen