Vietnam War

April 25, 2022

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The Siege of Khe Sanh occurred during the Vietnam WarThe fighting around Khe Sanh began January 21 1968 and concluded around April 8 1968.

. The Vietnam War was the second-longest war in United States history after the war in Afghanistan. Eisenhower placed military advisers and CIA operatives in Vietnam and John F. The Vietnam War is a ten-part 18-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.

South Vietnam fought to keep this from happening. 1 1969 giving young men a random number tied to their birthdays. Promises and commitments to the people and government of South Vietnam to keep communist forces from overtaking them reached back into the Truman Administration.

Lower numbers were called first. It began in 1954 after the country of Vietnam was split into two parts North Vietnam and South Vietnam. Vietnam was a temporarily separated into the North Communist and South anti-communist after the signing of Geneva treaty in 1954 which also brought an end to the French Colony.

The United States helped South. North Vietnam wanted to reunite the country under Communism its political and economic system. The Vietnam War was a long conflict in Southeast Asia.

The Vietnam War started as a result of the United States strategy of containment which was intended to minimize the spread of communism throughout the world during the Cold War.

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