Vietnam+War

The Vietnam War took place, after the WWII era, between 1959 to 1975. The war was fought between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and the United States-supported Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam). It concluded with the United States withdrawing under terms of the Paris Peace Accord of 1973 which preserved the division temporarily. Over 1.4 million military personnel were killed in the war where approximately 6% were members of the United States armed forces, while estimates of civilian fatalities range from 2 million to 5.1 million.

The Vietnam War has many different names ranging from **Second Indochina War** to the most common name **Vietnam War.** The Vietnam War escalated on January 31, 9165. Various different supports were arriving at Vietnam to prepare for Operation Flaming Dart. Operation Flaming Dart was to cross the Seventeenth Parallel into North Vietnam, and the attack on Pleiku. There were F-105 engines that you can hear loud said to be like "rolling thunder" going down the runway.

The Vietnam war was a war between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The U.S was helping South Vietnam in the war but later stopped helping them and left because of the Paris Peace Accord of 1973. The war stopped for a little while but then North Vietnam disregarded the Paris Peace Accord and invaded the South. The North had a easy battle because the U.S didnt help South Vietnam because they were following the Paris Peace Accord. The war ended on April 30, 1975 when the capitol of South Vietnam (Saigon) was defeated by the communist from the North

The president of the United States, Lyndon Johnson, lied to the American public about the real condition of the war in order to keep the war going. Many Vietnam veterans suffered from post traumatic stress after returning to the United States and quite a number of them came homeless because they were unable to function in society due to their illness. The United States dropped "Napalm" and "Agent Orange", deadly biologically chemical weapons on the forests and country side of Vietnam causing horrific and devastating damanage to the natural environment and to the people.

__**Aftermath on**__ __**Vietnam**__
The aftermath of the Vietnam War on Vietnam was drastic. In April 17,1975, the capital of Cambodia fell to the Khumer Rouge. When Communist had taken over hundreds of thousands of South Vietnamese officials were imprisoned in reeducation camps. The south Vietnamese officials were called ARVN officers. Many people fled the country to protect their lives, about two million civilian left. As well as the boat people fled the land. During the Khmer Rouge genocide about two million people died. This led Vietnam to contain its ethnic Chinese minority. . The Ace of Spades or "The Death Card" was considered bad luck by the Viet Cong.