TPTW+Janel

=VIETNAM -THE PATH TO WAR By:Janel =

Why did the United States get involved with Southeast Asia? Well there are many reasons why. There were many things happening in the world at this point of time. Ho Chi Minh was the leader of the revolutionary army.He also combined three communitsts groups to form the Indochinese Communists Party. The French became enemies with Vietnam and worked together with the U.S. They organize protest against the French. The French responded to the protest and arrested many. Ho Chi Minh was later senentced to death while being in China. He then hid in a jungle in Vietnam. The ICP later joined other groups and became the Viet Minh. The U.S. helped the Viet Minh and Ho Chi Minh in the fight against the Japanese. He led in the northern part of the country.

Ngo Dinh Diem became the prime minister of the south. His government became very unpopluar and his army was very poor. The U.S. saw Ngo Dinh Diem as a very dangerous person and government. There was a plot to assinate him, though it was not put to use for awhile. It was later suceeded and his government still remained weak. Soon it became stronger as it recruited more supporters people from the north and south. Some believed that the popularity of Ho Chi Minh and Ngo Dinh Diem would lead to communists winning the elections. The war in Vietnam had become more intense.Later Ho Chi Minh had a resolution to end the despute with France peacefully. The conflict rose even more when North Vietnam launched an attack against to American ships ,the C. Turner Joy and the U.S.S. Maddox on August 2, 1964. In the U.S. Congress, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed. Which expanded US war effort. It was referred that it controlled the war. The vietnam conflics had become so intense that President John F. Kennedy had sent almost 900 military advisors. The number of military advisors increased to almost 11,000.