this was the longest war in the history
of the United States welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
learning more about the Vietnam War as
part of the Cold War the Vietnam War was
a struggle against communism and an
effort to limit its expansion if this
little nation goes down the drain and
can’t maintain her independence ask
yourself what’s going to happen to all
the other little Nations in 1954 Vietnam
was split into two zones at the Geneva
Conference in North Vietnam was the
Democratic Republic of Vietnam which was
a communist state led by Ho Chi Minh
South Vietnam was non communist and its
first president was gold in xeam by mid
1955 Zima initiated a campaign
denouncing communism suspected communist
activities were punished with jail time
and even death his regime lost
popularity to the point where a
significant portion of South Vietnam
supported the Communists this prompted a
guerrilla campaign to pop up in the
south in late 1956 named the National
Liberation Front this movement was more
commonly called the Vietcong as directed
by Ho Chi Minh they used armed
propaganda to fight their battles this
targeted violence was initially aimed at
politicians but grew more widespread in
the hopes of unifying the country under
one communist regime in an effort to
limit the expansion of communism into
neighboring countries the United States
began training forces in the south
towards the end of the 1950s it’s their
war they’re the ones who have to win it
or lose it we can help them give them
equipment we can send our men out there
as advisors but they have to win it the
people of Vietnam against the Communists
at this time with support from the US
government a coup was being discussed to
overthrow xeam however xeam was executed
during the coup on November 2nd 1963
without approval from the Americans his
death caused the political climate in
the south to destabilize and each new
government toppled quickly in August
1964 to alleged attacks on American
warships were reported off North Vietnam
coast in the gulf of tonkin this gave
the US the ammunition necessary to get
more heavily involved in the conflict
that year the number of US troops
deployed had risen to sixteen thousand
five hundred from only two thousand a
few years earlier the war escalated and
in March 1965 a series of aerial bombing
attacks by US and Vietnamese forces
against North Vietnam commenced and
continued for three years during that
period Operation Rolling Thunder dropped
a million tons of missiles rockets and
bombs on the north with support from the
American public the US ground war also
began in March 65 three and a half
thousand Marines were sent to the South
for a defensive mission and by December
that number had risen to 200,000
however the arvin forces of the south
experienced great losses in a number of
battles over the next few months and
morale dropped the United States then
decided they must intervene even further
in order to win the war prior to this
they had insisted it was up to the
Vietnamese to end things President
Lyndon Johnson and his administration
tried to spin the war and its progress
in the American media by highlighting
stories that showed the wars progression
all the challenges have been met the
enemy is not beaten but he knows that he
has met his master in the field
this made the media and the public
mistrustful of the government the Tet
Offensive proved to the Americans that
progress was not in fact being made on
January 31st 1968 the VCS made a
surprise attack on the southern
Vietnamese and Americans they responded
quickly and effectively however the
fight raged for months and killed
President Johnson’s chances of
re-election I do not believe that I
should devote an hour or day of my time
to any personal partisan causes or to
any duties other than the awesome duties
of this office the presidency of your
country
by the time he left office approximately
30,000 American lives had been lost
fighting in Vietnam when President
Richard Nixon entered office in 1969 he
began withdrawing troops the policy
called vietnamisation was put in place
and was meant to help prepare the Arbenz
to take over the battle amid even more
attacks US public support plummeted
further especially after the National
Guard killed four student protesters at
Kent State University Peace protests
became commonplace on American soil by
1972 and the Vietnam War became a
central issue in that year’s
presidential campaigns after Nixon’s
re-election he was able to negotiate an
agreement that ended American
involvement in the war a ceasefire
internationally supervised will begin at
7:00 p.m. this Saturday January 27
Washington time within 60 days from this
Saturday all Americans held prisoners of
war throughout it go China will be
really sign January 27 1973 the Paris
Peace Accords resulted in a ceasefire
throughout the country and the release
of American prisoners of war however
fighting between the Vietnamese states
continued until 1975 on April 30th 1975
the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon
was taken the war was over and communist
governments took over Vietnam Cambodia
and Laos
of the United States welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
learning more about the Vietnam War as
part of the Cold War the Vietnam War was
a struggle against communism and an
effort to limit its expansion if this
little nation goes down the drain and
can’t maintain her independence ask
yourself what’s going to happen to all
the other little Nations in 1954 Vietnam
was split into two zones at the Geneva
Conference in North Vietnam was the
Democratic Republic of Vietnam which was
a communist state led by Ho Chi Minh
South Vietnam was non communist and its
first president was gold in xeam by mid
1955 Zima initiated a campaign
denouncing communism suspected communist
activities were punished with jail time
and even death his regime lost
popularity to the point where a
significant portion of South Vietnam
supported the Communists this prompted a
guerrilla campaign to pop up in the
south in late 1956 named the National
Liberation Front this movement was more
commonly called the Vietcong as directed
by Ho Chi Minh they used armed
propaganda to fight their battles this
targeted violence was initially aimed at
politicians but grew more widespread in
the hopes of unifying the country under
one communist regime in an effort to
limit the expansion of communism into
neighboring countries the United States
began training forces in the south
towards the end of the 1950s it’s their
war they’re the ones who have to win it
or lose it we can help them give them
equipment we can send our men out there
as advisors but they have to win it the
people of Vietnam against the Communists
at this time with support from the US
government a coup was being discussed to
overthrow xeam however xeam was executed
during the coup on November 2nd 1963
without approval from the Americans his
death caused the political climate in
the south to destabilize and each new
government toppled quickly in August
1964 to alleged attacks on American
warships were reported off North Vietnam
coast in the gulf of tonkin this gave
the US the ammunition necessary to get
more heavily involved in the conflict
that year the number of US troops
deployed had risen to sixteen thousand
five hundred from only two thousand a
few years earlier the war escalated and
in March 1965 a series of aerial bombing
attacks by US and Vietnamese forces
against North Vietnam commenced and
continued for three years during that
period Operation Rolling Thunder dropped
a million tons of missiles rockets and
bombs on the north with support from the
American public the US ground war also
began in March 65 three and a half
thousand Marines were sent to the South
for a defensive mission and by December
that number had risen to 200,000
however the arvin forces of the south
experienced great losses in a number of
battles over the next few months and
morale dropped the United States then
decided they must intervene even further
in order to win the war prior to this
they had insisted it was up to the
Vietnamese to end things President
Lyndon Johnson and his administration
tried to spin the war and its progress
in the American media by highlighting
stories that showed the wars progression
all the challenges have been met the
enemy is not beaten but he knows that he
has met his master in the field
this made the media and the public
mistrustful of the government the Tet
Offensive proved to the Americans that
progress was not in fact being made on
January 31st 1968 the VCS made a
surprise attack on the southern
Vietnamese and Americans they responded
quickly and effectively however the
fight raged for months and killed
President Johnson’s chances of
re-election I do not believe that I
should devote an hour or day of my time
to any personal partisan causes or to
any duties other than the awesome duties
of this office the presidency of your
country
by the time he left office approximately
30,000 American lives had been lost
fighting in Vietnam when President
Richard Nixon entered office in 1969 he
began withdrawing troops the policy
called vietnamisation was put in place
and was meant to help prepare the Arbenz
to take over the battle amid even more
attacks US public support plummeted
further especially after the National
Guard killed four student protesters at
Kent State University Peace protests
became commonplace on American soil by
1972 and the Vietnam War became a
central issue in that year’s
presidential campaigns after Nixon’s
re-election he was able to negotiate an
agreement that ended American
involvement in the war a ceasefire
internationally supervised will begin at
7:00 p.m. this Saturday January 27
Washington time within 60 days from this
Saturday all Americans held prisoners of
war throughout it go China will be
really sign January 27 1973 the Paris
Peace Accords resulted in a ceasefire
throughout the country and the release
of American prisoners of war however
fighting between the Vietnamese states
continued until 1975 on April 30th 1975
the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon
was taken the war was over and communist
governments took over Vietnam Cambodia
and Laos
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