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Why didn't World War 2 Veterans support the Vietnam war?
WW2 men fought an all out total declared war against formidable foes armed with battleships, aircraft carriers, fighter planes, bombers, submarines, paratroopers, and fully equipped and organized fighting men. In the BEGINNING (early 1960's), the Viet Cong (not the North Vietnamese Army/NVA); the VC were largely un-uniformed, used captured small arms (rifles, pistols, machine guns, explosives, etc.) and did not deploy any of the large hardware used by the enemy in WW2. In addition, Vietnam was an un-declared war (as was the US Civil War and Korea); and the US was not willing INVADE North Vietnam and use the ATOMIC BOMB to WIN the war. WW2 veterans WANTED the US to use the atomic bomb and invade North Vietnam; WW2 veterans wanted FIGHT to WIN! WW2 veterans had fought to win WW2; and they only believed in that type of warfare. Consequently, WW2 veterans turned against the Vietnam War and the men that fought it. They believed it was wrong to fight a limited war instead of a total war (total war=using any weapon available/including nuclear weapons). Ultimately, Vietnam did escalate into the massive use of heavy WW2 type weapons, such as the Battleship (USS New Jersey), B-52 Stratofortress SAC bombers, jet fighters, and tanks...but the North was never invaded, as WW2 veterans wanted. WW2 vets could not accept or possibly could not understand, that "their" war (WW2) had been fought (in 1941) before nuclear weapons existed. And that to do so now, (the cold war) could only result in "mutually assured destruction" (since the USSR/Red China also had the "A-Bomb"). WW2 vets, in addition, either forgot history, or didn't care...that when we invaded North Korea during the Korean War, Red China had entered the war, because of that invasion. The US did not wish to repeat that portion of history in the Vietnam War.
How did the people on Minnesota's home front help support the civil war?
In what ways did minnesota support the war effort in ww2
How many Japanese Americans were sent to detention camps in America during WW2?
There were 110,000 - 120,000 sent to the camps during WW2.
When did Albert Einstein leave Germany for America?
ww2
What battles did Dorothea Dix help out with?
ww1 ww2
What European power colonized Vietnam before an after WW2?
France
What country did the us aid in it's effort to keep control of Vietnam after WW2?
France
Vietnam declared independence in 1940 hahahahaha?
Japan surrendered to the allies ending WW2 in 1945; Japan departed Vietnam the same year. Vietnam declared its independence from France in 1945. Vietnam was occupied by Japan during WW2, but it had been a French colony for more than a century prior.
Was one reason that the us supported France in Vietnam after world war 2 was because the us and France were major allies?
While the United States and France were allies during WW2, it's important to note that France already controlled Vietnam and the surrounding area. Known as French-IndoChina, France already had troops, civil administrators, educators, and government officials in place; it made sense for the US to support it's ally.
Why was the colonizing power of Vietnam unsuccessful in keeping peace?
The latest colonizing power, France, had their possessions taken from them by Japan during WW2. They in turn had their possessions taken from them when they lost WW2.
How was world war ll and Vietnam related?
Vietnam was fought by WW2 leadership (WW2 veterans).
How did North and South enlisted their armies during the Civil War?
by slavery. they did the same for ww1, ww2, and Vietnam. its called the draft.
Who fought with France against Britain in the War?
France and Britain were allies in both WW1 and WW2 even when much of France surrendered in WW2
What were the vietnamese's in World War 2?
The Vietnamese did not participate in WW2. Lots of dead bodies of Japanese soldiers testify to the participation of the Vietnamese in WW2. Japan invaded "French Indo-China" as it was then called and defeated the French in short order. The Vietnamese were not such a pushover and put up a spirited resistance all through the Japanese occupation.
What Ho Chi Minh's goal?
First of all Ho Chi Minh was a Vietnamese nationalist that wanted independence from French colonial rule. When the French refused to grant Vietnam independence, Ho Chi Minh tried to approach the U.S. for peaceful support in obtaining independence. However this was the Mccarthy era and Ho Chi Minh had worked with communists during WW2 to help fight against Japan, so the U.S. refused to even recognize his approaches. Finally for lack of any other support in getting independence from France Ho Chi Minh returned to his WW2 communist contacts and the Vietnam War began. After the French were defeated and left Vietnam, the U.S. decided to continue the Vietnam War as they saw it as fighting the advance of communism.
Was Vietnam the most grusome war?
No The Cold War and WW2 was
Who occupied Vietnam in the 1940's?
Japan during WW2.
