Hi, i am part chinese, and I want to understand the Vietnam war in greater detail, especially if you are an american or north american. Could you please write down what happened, how it happened, who won, who lost, what are the consequenses and all the sites you know about the war. I would like to see the difference between Asian and American Prespective( though i am a canadian myself) Any other country beside America are also welcome.. Thanks, the most detailed will get 10 pts.
199727
Well you see... there were vietnamese people... and we killed a lot of them.  Then they killed a lot of us.  Much like iraq, we should have just turned their country into a charred black rock in east asia.  i mean, after all... the winners of the wars are the ones who write the history books.
504218
First of all, it was never declared a 'war'.  It was a 'conflict'.  It was viewed as a conflict between North and South Vietnam with of course was touted to us here in the US as a 'civil war'.  Many at the time felt that the Vietnamese should have settled their own 'civil' war, but our government felt they wanted to stop the threat of communism spreading.  (Now don't shoot the messenger, but I'm only telling you what the American people were told in the 60's.)  I had a brother in law and cousin go to Vietnam.  My brother in law never was really OK after he returned.  Lots of drugs, booze, etc.  died in 2000 of a heroin overdose.  He was a medic during Vietnam and saw so many killings, etc.  it wrecked his life.  Our country was very divided durig that time, with mostly younger people opposed to the war and the elders (who had fought during WW2) thinking all of the 'hippies' were crazy.  Hopefully the same thing won't happen with the war in Iraq.
406341
Here are a ton of links at the bottom of the page:\n\nhttp://www.riverinesailor.com/\n\nhttp://vikingphoenix.com/military/war/vnwar/vietnamwar-usn.htm
482766
There are many Asian races, and the most known of them are Japanese and Chinese.   You may be dealing with people that are not very knowledgeable of political correctness, and spit out the only thing they know.  I suggest that you not take it to heart, and just politely explain that you are Vietnamese.  They will probably be intrigued, and want to know more!
634272
Hell yeah, were 12 and 1 in wars (unless your from the south,than your 11 and 2). And if we wanted to we could have blown North Vietnam off the face of the earth.\nAmericans were born to fight,and Americans never tolerate losing. We were bred to rule the world.
297350
Well it is nice to see Americans saying nice things about us.\n\nTo be honest, the last war between Canada and the US was fought in 1812.  Most Americans do not remember this war, but for us it is very important.\n\nYou need to remember that this was only 40 years after the Americans revolted against England.  Loyalists were persecuted and fled the US for their lives and had to resettle in a colder harsher climate.  Canada was still an English colony, and a large number of Americans were immigrating to get free land in the west.\n\nAt the time, Napolean was have a great time in Europe conquering countries and England was fighting for its life.  They were halting shipping and trade with France to try and put them at a disadvantage and losing sailors to desertion and death.  Americans still had a British accent and some Americans were pressed into British Naval service because they were "perceived" as deserters...\n\nRemember too that the US was not the superpower as it is now.  It was a backwater little country of no importance to countries like Germany, France and England.\n\nBecause the US had no navy or troops to speak of back then, rather than taking the fight to England which would be suicide, they felt that Canada would be an easy target.  They're cut off from England, 1/10 the population, most of them were Americans anyway.  So in democratic fashion, they elected officers, each state voted whether to participate or not, and off to war they went.\n\nThey were surprised.  First we had Sir General Isaac Brock who prepped the south western part of Ontario for an attack and the Americans found Canadians waiting.  Second we had Tecumseh and his army.  They were pushed out the US and found a home here in Canada.  They helped big time with support and scouting and raiding American territory.\n\nThirdly, we just didn't want to become Americans.  Colonist volunteers swelled the ranks of the British regulars as well as providing food and support.\n\nThe Americans were stunned as they did not expect to meet this kind of resistance.  British and Canadians occupied Detroit for the duration of the war, plus occupied some islands and settlements in New York and Vermont.\n\nThe Americans burned York (now Toronto) to the ground, British and Canadians set fire to Washington.\n\nCanadians and Americans were bitter enemies for almost 70 years after the war.\n\nTo answer your last question, Canada was never occupied by any foreign power.  We simply gave back what we took.\n\nWe've managed up until WWI to say out of Americna power abuse because we were members of the British Commonwealth.  After WWII we work together with the Americans in joint defence.  They recognize that we are an independant sovereign country and respect this.
37702
One more thing: in my view, a communist government is superior to a capitalist system in war time. A communist country has a lot of parallels with the military: its organisation, mindset, allocation of resources etc...yet at the same time, a lack of violent protests when bodybags start coming home (just look at the casualties in the wave attacks they used to employ - see the film Enemy at the Gates?)...\n\nWith regard to ground troops, a lot of the numnbers you see are part of their paramilitary public security force (basically your police), and are relatively untrained in modern combat. Most of this force is defensive - however, this will probably change as China is seeking to project its presence around the region in the coming years. \n\nAs of this moment, the PLA's offensive capability is rather limited. The main stay of its air force is still based on the aging soviet warplanes, while the majority of its navy (with the exception of the Sovremenny Class destroyers carrying the sunburn missles) is ancient. The PLA is trying to build its own light carrier but this is estimated to take at least another 10 to 15 years. However, be mindful that superior technology is not everything: The US has not won any war in Asia since WWII....\n\nBTW, one of the people who answered your question stated that the PLA is undefeated other than the First Sino-Japanese war. This is incorrect on 2 fronts: (1) The PLA was formed only after 1949, before that, it was the communist party and Chiang Kai Shiek's Guomindang army. Both of these fought against the japanese but it was mainly the Guomingdang that faced the Japanese due to georgraphy; and (2) the PLA has fought a number of border wars with Vietnam in which they came out No. 2. \n\nMore importantly, look at it this way: China has been stepped on by the Western powers for the past 200 years (imagine your country losing a war and then having to give a lease of your land to other nations - Hong Kong, or have one of your cities split up among other countries - see Shanghai in the early 1900s). \n\nI believe that the country is basically not your aggressive war mongering nation from its historical actions (they prefer to bribe and make money rather than conquer by force). However, it has learnt the hard way that a country with a weak military force can and will be bullied by others. \n\nIn this modern day and age, a purely defensive force is insufficient for a country with ambitions to be respected internationally. \n\nMy view is that China is not only building up its defensive capabilities but also upgrading its offensive capability to counter potential threats like Taiwan (Taiwan has stated that it will flatten Chinese cities if it is invaded), Japan (historical reasons), the US (if they come into the picture on the Taiwan front) and maybe even North Korea (a belligerent & strong North Korea is not necessarily in China's best interest). \n\nAny large country with the ability to do so will do the same (see the Indian Army - ex russian aircraft carrier, Mig 29s as mainstays etc)
319658
You could talk about many things about the Korean War. You can talk about the war and how it lead to the Cold War and the fear of spreading Communism, you can talk about how the United States first started to integrate black and white soldiers (I think), you can talk about China's aid to the N. Koreans and how it boosted Chinese sense of nationalism, you can talk about war time propaganda that allowed the Chinese to dislike the Americans and US propaganda that allowed the Americans to dislike the Chinese, you can talk about General McArthur and his views during the Korean War (he wanted to use the Korean War to start a war with Communist China), you can talk about how the United Nations sent it's first batch of soldiers (I think), that's all I can think of. Good luck! p.s. the I thinks is what I kinda remember, but I'm not positively sure.
481953
I think you got carried away a little when putting thi question to such an extent it is difficult to assess exactly what you are trying to say. I am British and I am proud to live in a country which has democratic elections and freedom of speech. On the whole it has a decent and fair minded attitude to others. If ths was endangered I would very much be in favour of defending our way of life. You seem to have a thing about the Chinese. At the moment they are too busy looking after their own affairs to worry too much about what is happening in the rest of the world. Bear in mind also that China is starting to encompass some of the Western world's trends such as private enterprise etc. There would be no gain in China causing a war on a global scale. When you refer to the 1930's and 40's I assume you are referring to the Second World War. This is different. Then there was an identifiable enemy. They formed an army and wore uniforms. You knew who you were fighting. Today the enemy is miuch more covert, subversion and cowardly. It will not come out identify itself and engage in combat. It infiltrates our lives and carries out its atrocities randomly and deviously. It is far more dangerous. However our way of life must and will be defended vigourously.
338307
Vietnam:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_war\n\nDonut dollies:\nhttp://www.donutdolly.com/
426382
What is your purpose in Vietnam?\nWhy are you killing Vietnameses people?\nAre you allowed to use chemical warfare?\nWhy did you kill prisoners of war?
464946
Vietnam was a French colony until WWII when it was captured by the Japanese. The main resistance group which eventually saw off the Japanese without Allied help was the Viet-minh, led by Ho Chi Minh. France tried to regain control after the war but was finally defeated at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954. The Viet-minh communists were prevented from taking over the whole country by US and French-backed forces. The country was partitioned into North (Communist) Vietnam and South (anti-Communist) Vietnam.\n\nThe people of the south had little sympathy for their foreign-controlled government and, according to Richard Nixon himself, 80% of them supported the Viet-cong who wanted to unite with the Communist North. After a protracted war of intervention the US withdrew, defeated, in the late 1970s.
176992
I've never actually heard, or read about, any Americans claiming they've never lost a war. However, if 'Vietnam, Korea, etc. were "police actions"' as someone here claims, what the heck DO they call a 'war'?? At least they can't pretend Iraq wasn't a 'war' - it was called one repeatedly, although I'm still not prepared to accept that "America" (or her allies) won, it looked to me more like a successful invasion which has caused civil unrest!! Not quite the same thing as a 'war'!\n\nAnd why does America (or her government) think it's acceptable to compensate all those 'nice' soldiers for the damage caused to them by Agent Orange - but that it's okay NOT to compensate the Vietnamese, who are still suffering to this day, and who were mass-murdered by a bunch of Americans?!???? America DELIBERATELY poisoned Vietnam! Those were civilians!! Even if America DID have the right to poison the land (which it DIDN'T!!!) they should STILL give HUGE amounts of compensation to the Vietnamese who are SUFFERING!!
292135
Events in Iraq and Afghanistan are out of control and history tells us military efforts in both places are doomed to failure. Now for some reason we Canadians have sent troops to Afghanistan.I understand that sometime in the next year it is expected the Canadian troops will take on the full responsibility for the chaos in Afghanistan in order to free up the American troops for Iraq. What does this mean? More dead Americans, more dead Canadians, more dead Iraqis and Afghan civilians. Billions of American/Canadian dollars spent on a war effort which like Vietnam and even Korea was entered into with no viable exit strategy. Millions more dollars in structural and infrastructural damage to countries that can least afford it. And for what? 50 years later Korea is still divided and North Korea is a ticking nuclear time bomb.40 years later Vietnam has fallen under Communist rule. 5 years later there is no end in site for the war in Iraq and the people there are worse off than when Saddam was the leader. And George W. hasn't even started on North Korea or Iran yet. Yikes,where does this madness end?
246801
Marcel has made some good points, with the exception of the ending of the Vietnam War in 1973. Recently, in a debate about 'Deep Throat,' Pat Buchanan had stated that President Nixon had authorized the 1973 pullout from Vietnam as a means of getting peoples' minds off of Watergate. It is very unlikely that the war effort would have been terminated when it did, because earlier President Nixon had placed some very severe conditions on American withdrawal, but in 1973 they were all abandoned.\n\nSpecifically, President Nixon had made the following demands on North Vietnam and the Viet Cong:\n\n1-All foreign combatants to be withdrawn from South Vietnam - instead, the US accepted 'certification' that NVA units in South Vietnam would stay in place and not continue to attack.\n\n2-All American servicemen listed as prisoners would be returned to the USA or relevant explanations provided - the US had maintained that 1500 American servicemen were missing and assumed alive and captured in Laos by either the Pathet Lao or the North Vietnames Army, but the USA agreed to instead list them all as dead.\n\n3-Verifiable cease fire to be in place before the USA would withdraw forces - the USA agreed to drop this condition altogether.\n\nThe Christmas Bombings, largely credited with bringing the North Vietnamese back to Paris, would have probably been continued (with subsequent continuation of loss of B-52 bombers over Hanoi) until North Vietnam actually made agreements they would stick to. The USA would then have kept faith with South Vietnam in 1975 when the next round of incursions began, and hippies would then have assaulted President Reagan in 1977 for reinstituting the draft and sending troops back to South Vietnam and invading the Peoples Republic of China. In 1981, discredited by new military deadlocks in Shanghai, President Reagan would have been followed by President Edmund Muskie, the economy would have collapsed 1n 1983, and in 1984 President Muskie would have benn succeeded by President Gus Hall, perennial candidate of the American Communist Party. In 1989, President Hall would have broken ties with Moscow and alligned the PRUSA (Peoples' Republic of the United States of America) with Albania and Yugoslavia as a third tier of World Communism. World War III would have ensued.
279703
Write a detailed description of whta it would be like to be in the jungle of Vietnam with napalm and agent orange and the Vietcong. Incorporate some story with characters and make the battle and death pertinent to a main character. Or you could write it from the perspective of a Vietnamese child or a member of the Vietcong. You'll have to do a little bit of research about the roles of the things I mentioned in order to make it true to the Vietnam War history.
668720
U.S. Cold Warriors were convinced that if Vietnam fell to the communists, that the rest of Southeast Asia would "fall like dominoes."  So they sent American troops to prop up the weak South Vietnamese government and army.\n\nThe Vietcong's main goal was the overthrow of the South Vietnamese government, and unification with North Vietnam.