What are some quotes from the Vietnam War?
“You can kill ten of my men for every one I kill of yours. But even at those odds, you will lose and I will win.” —Viet Minh leader Ho Chi Minh in a warning to French colonialists in 1946.
Who said I am not going to lose Vietnam?
“I am not going to lose Vietnam,” President Lyndon B. Johnson said in committing the United States to direct intervention in 1965, “I am not going to be the President who saw Southeast Asia go the way China went.” U.S. troops remained in Vietnam another four years under President Richard M.
Why did some Americans support our involvement in the war in Vietnam?
The USA was afraid that communism would spread to South Vietnam and then the rest of Asia. It decided to send money, supplies and military advisers to help the South Vietnamese Government.
What do historians say about the Vietnam War?
There is a broad consensus among professional historians that the Vietnam War was effectively unwinnable. Even the revisionists admit their minority status, though some claim that it’s because of a deep-seated liberal bias within the academic history profession.
Who really started the Vietnam War?
The Vietnam War (1955-1975) was fought between communist North Vietnam, backed by the Soviet Union and China, and South Vietnam, supported by the United States. The bloody conflict had its roots in French colonial rule and an independence movement driven by communist leader Ho Chi Minh.
Why did the U.S. lose the Vietnam War?
The costs and casualties of the growing war proved too much for the United States to bear, and U.S. combat units were withdrawn by 1973. In 1975 South Vietnam fell to a full-scale invasion by the North.
What is the Vietnam War remembered for?
The Vietnam War impacted attitudes, policies and the way Americans view their government and their nation’s place in the world. It altered the way the government conducts war and interacts with the media.
Why was Vietnam a failure?
The Vietcong guerrillas knew the jungle and made use of elaborate underground bases and tunnels to shelter from US bombs, and often re-used unexploded American bombs against US soldiers. Failure of Search and Destroy (My Lai Massacre): Search and Destroy missions were often based on poor military intelligence.
Why did the US lose the Vietnam War historians?
There were a couple of reasons for this. First, the Americans were an invading force, and the Vietnamese were fighting on their own soil. Second, the Americans were not willing to make an all-out commitment to win.