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Vietnam War

The conflict in Vietnam between the years of 1945 and 1975 was a nationalist struggle for independence. The Vietnam War developed as a sequel to the struggle in 1946-1954 between the French, who were the colonial rulers of Indo-China before World War II, and the Communist-led Vietminh, established and led by Ho Chi Minh. In 1950 the New Chinese Communist Government and the USSR supplied Ho Chi Minh and his rebels with arms and equipment. This drew the USA into the battle in Vietnam as they saw the struggle as a part of the Cold War and the fight against communism. The USA supplied the French with economic aid and equipment but it wasn’t enough. The Vietminh managed to defeat the French at Dien Bien Phu in May 1954 and Ho Chi Minh decaled Vietnam independent.
At the Geneva agreement in July 1954 Vietnam was to be temporarily divided into two separate states at a line know as the 17th parallel, till the upcoming elections which were to be held in 1956. Communist leader Ho Chi Minh le...

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