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The Soviet Union's role wasn't a big one but still pretty significant to the war. The Soviets were careful in their support because they didn't want to show a threat to the US and later create a War, they preferred to be cautious and show limited aid. In that way, just several thousand non-combatants troops were sent. Still, the USSR was happy to help since in that way they will reduce the influence of China.

However, the USSR did support North Vietnam in different ways such as an Economic and Military aid. The soviets send about 3.6 - 8 billion USD (then-year currency). In weaponry, things such as radars, aircraft, ammunition, air defense systems, and more. An example can be the SA-2 Surface-to-Air (SAM) missiles and the trained Air force pilots.

Moreover, food and medical supplies were also shipped by the Soviets but they limited their intervention since they didn't want the relationship they had with the USA will escalate even more and produce an undesirable and dangerous conflict between them.

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What was the Tet Offensive?

Why was the Tet Offensive important?
The Tet Offensive tooked an important role in U.S. during the Vietnam War. Ho Chi Minh and leaders in Hanoi planned the Tet Offensive, they wanted to achieve a decisive victory that would end the grinding conflict.

Dates: Jan 30, 1968 – Sep 23, 1968

Location: South Vietnam

Combatants:
United States, South Vietnam, Australia, Viet Cong, South Korea, New Zealand and North Vietnam.

References:
https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/tet-offensive
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/tet

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Richard Andrade

Nearly all United States-allied forces were armed with U.S. weapons including the M1 Garand, M1 carbine, M-14 and M-16. The Australian and New Zealand forces employed the 7.62 mm L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle as their service rifle, with the occasional US M16. The soldiers usually carried maybe 5 to 10 canteens of water, 3 to 5 frags (hand grenades), 1 smoke grenades, a bandolier of M6o ammo for the machine gunner, 3 or more M16 bandoliers, 2 or 3 C-Ration meals, possibly a claymore mine with its clacker and wire, possibly some trip flares for NDPs (night defensive positions), a poncho, an air mattress, 10-20 empty sandbags, an extra pair of socks, and cigarettes were in his pockets and helmet band.

- The People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) were:
- North Vietnamese Armed Forces
- Viet Cong
- South Vietnamese Armed Forces
- Montagnard Forces

- The Armerican Armed Forces were:
- United States Marine Corps
- United States Army
- United States Air Forces
- United States Navy
- US Infantrymen (grunts) carried either a rifle (M-16), or a machine gun (M-60, belt fed), or an M-79 grenade launcher. If the grunt was a radio operator (RTO-Radio Telephone Operator) he also carried a radio ON HIS BACK.

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Effects of the Vietnam war on the US (Juan Manuel Fernández de Castro)

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Effects of the Vietnam war on the US (Juan Manuel Fernández de Castro)

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The Vietnam War severely damaged the U.S economy causing a cycle of inflation on the country because the goverment didn't like the idea or rising the taxes therefore this was a big hit on the economy causing president Richard Nixon to be elected thus causing the famous Vietnamization was a policy from Richard Nixon which stated that to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War needed to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnamese forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops.

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Isabella Salazar
The Kent State Shootings was a significant event that occurred during the Vietnam war. Student groups followed in what the hippies were doing and helped set up protests with them, against the Vietnam war, but often got out of control and violent. The shootings occurred on May 4, 1970, by student protesters. The massacre at Kent State was started because those students were outraged by President Nixon’s decision to invade Cambodia. The newspaper from May 5, 1970, said: “4 Kent State Students Killed by Troops: 8 Hurt as Shooting Follows Reported Sniping at Rally”.  The article left the question of why, as so many Americans were thinking as well. The United States seemed divided and this caused violence. Following the shooting, the university was immediately ordered closed, and the campus remained shut down for some six weeks following the shootings. Numerous investigatory commissions and court trials followed, during which members of the Ohio National Guard testified that they felt the need to discharge their weapons because they feared for their lives.

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Valeria L.
The Mai Lai Massacre was an event that occurred on March 16, 1968, classified as one of the most  horrific episodes of violence committed against unarmed South Vietnamese civilians during the Vietnam War. The atrocity was done by a company of American soldiers, who brutally killed and slaughter between 347 and 504 innocent people, including women, children, and elders. Also, it include young women and girls who were raped and mutilated before being killed.

It lasted a year for the  American press to know about the incident since U.S Army officers covered up the massacre. In response, it brought a firestorm of international outraged.  The brutality of the murders of Mai Lai and the official cover-up had a great influence on the sentiment against the war, which caused the United States to divide even more from the Vietnam War.

(Picture of women and children moments before they were killed)

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Vietnam war, affect the lifestyle of most of the people including innocent people. Militarism is when a country maintain a strong military capability, and always be prepared for the war using the force. We can see that militarism take place on this war, although we can see a little girl in the source using a weapon and wearing military cloth. This affect lifestyle of families, since the military, take off kids for their service and the fight of their own service.

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Cambodia wanted to expand their army  to the North of Vietnam and the growing of power. As Vietnam was United States allie, the USA decided to protect Vietnam and prevent Cambodia to expand. This was the motive that leaded President Richard Nixon were American troops and South Vietnamese People's Army, received orders  to invade Cambodia on April 30th of 1970. However, American people reacted with protests at colleges around America, including Kent State University. During the war there were 2,756,951 tons of bombs dropped over there and that caused a death of 500,000 people.

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We can see the outstanding issues resulting from the Korean War and the First Indochina War.
The Geneva Accords is to establish North and South Vietnam with the 17th parallel as the dividing line from north to south and them they would unify Vietnam under a single democratic government when they are ready to be that government.
This was important Most obviously they brought an end to the First Indochina War and marked the end of French influence in Southeast Asi the Geneva Accords also helped lay the groundwork for the Second Indochina War more commonly known as the Vietnam War.

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On February 7, 1965, the United States launched its first napalm bombing of Vietnam. The consequences of this cruel attack have been marked in the history of the Asian country.

The US bombing with Napalm burned entire villages and extensive forests, with the purpose of depriving and neutralizing the enemy before any refuge during the Vietnam War. This chemical weapon also caused severe burns to the civilian population, which was trapped by the US attack. (I love the smell of napalm in the morning), said shortly after an F-5 Tigers squad dropped its bomb load on the Vietnamese jungle, calcining everything that could have lived there seconds before.

today there is a phrase that was significant at that time "napalm means Vietnam, and Vietnam is napalm". There is a story that shook the world. The image of Kim Phuc Phan Thi naked fleeing from a South Vietnamese bombing went around the world

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How did the Tet Offensive affect American politics, society, and the course of the war in Vietnam?
The Tet Offensive affect american politics, society, and the course of the war because it was an enormous political loss that americans needed to face.  The attack also intensified the antiwar protest movement at home and discredited U.S. military officials

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In the Vietnam War, there were these tunnels in which some soldiers who were called "tunnel rats" remain most of their time in. Soldiers used these underground routes to transport communications and supplies, lay booby traps and mount surprise attacks, after which they could disappear underground to safety.
These tunnels were called "Cu Chi tunnels", which were dug in the 1940s by the communist forces during their independence war but used in the Vietnam war protecting soldiers from danger.

The United States was releasing bombs from their aircraft, which is why they spent so much time underground, for them to survive. These soldiers were the "tunnel rats". The tunnel rats were American and Australian soldiers who made underground search and destroy missions during the Vietnam War. The walls of the Cu Chi tunnel systems were often rigged with wires and explosive traps. The soldiers who were selected to crawl headfirst through the tunnels, armed with only a pistol, a knife and a flashlight, were among the bravest men who fought during the war.

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What happened to soldiers that survived the vietnam war?

When the American soldiers returned home from World War II in 1945, they were greeted as heroes in the United States. Cities and towns across the country held parades to honor the returning veterans and recognize the sacrifices they had made. But the homecoming was very different for most Vietnam veterans.  Vietnam veterans returned to a society that did not seem to care about them, they looked at them with distrust and anger.

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What were living conditions like for soldiers during the Vietnam War? 

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What were living conditions like for soldiers during the Vietnam War? 

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Maria Claudia Eljach

- Life for soldiers during the Vietnam War changed a lot, well, most of the soldiers were young men and none of them had ever went to a war before so they didn't know what they were fighting against. Soldiers get affected even before war officially begins since they were living in the jungle having around them dangerous animals and with constant heat, rain, and humidity. Soldiers had no idea to what sort of enemy they were fighting, in the case of American soldiers, they underestimated the Vietnamese soldiers and they get surprised since they were very well supplied and extremely well prepared. When American soldiers were to the villages, they find difficult to determine who were the enemies, well, even the women and children of Vietnam were able to build tramps or house and even feed the Vietcong. Vietnamese mothers would often give their baby to an American soldier or a little boy would walk up to a soldier and a grenade would explode off the child. For some reasons like this, American soldiers were forced to kill civilians even though they were not sure if they were the enemy. Due this, American soldiers were named "baby killers" and this cause frustration to the war. This problems in Vietnam caused soldiers to suffer from low morale and become angry. Some of them start to smoke and get into drugs to try to ignore the horrors of the hell they were living in.

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Consequences of Vietnam War (Valeria C.)

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Consequences of Vietnam War (Valeria C.)

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The war had severe consequences. Consequences of all kinds, dead people, destruction, psychological damage, among others.

Some of these consequences were:

- In the US, there was the so-called Vietnam syndrome, in which the country lost the spirit of a united and victorious nation.

- Thousands of soldiers suffered serious consequences and became paraplegic, disabled or suffered serious mental illness as a result of this war.

- The United States used an orange herbicide to destroy large areas of the forest, so the environmental impact was enormous.

- This active ingredient, orange, affected the health of the local population and soldiers on both sides, who had serious side effects.

- There is a large area of mining areas, which has a negative impact on agriculture and, therefore, on the country's economy.

- It is considered the first televised conflict in history because it has received great importance in all media.

The Vietnam War was an unprecedented conflict in which everyone was involved due to the political impact of its development. Its consequences go beyond million war dead and have had a significant impact on the economies of the participating countries, environmental and even social issues, which has led to protest and peace movements in various fields. It is considered one of the most important of the twentieth century and affects much of Vietnamese society in the region, especially civilians who have lost their lives. or who had to move within their country or outside their borders to look for a better opportunity.

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Why is the US involved?
The United States decided to join the Vietnam War because it was afraid that communism would spread around Europe, and then reach America.

Before the conflict with the United States, Vietnam, and China; France was involved as well. France was in control of Northern Vietnam; however, once they figures out that there would be a conflict, they decided to withdrawn.

One may think that this makes no sense because the United States is at the other side of the world; however, in some ways it makes perfect sense. Vietnam is separated into two, North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam wanted to unite with China– which is also communist; however, half of Vietnam didn't want to become communist –that's why they are divided. Since South Vietnam wanted to be capitals, they became allies with the United States.

Biography:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zv7bkqt/revision/2

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Deaths caused by North Vietnam and South Vietnam

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Deaths caused by North Vietnam and South Vietnam

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North Vietnam: The People´s Army of Vietnam / Viet Cong Forces killed around 164,000 civilians between 1954 and 1975 in South Vietnam, from a range of between 106,000 and 227,000, plus another 50,000 killed in North Vietnam. Also, the Viet Cong killed hundreds of Montagnard civilians at the village during the Battle of Dak Son in 1967. Also, there were 17,000 South Vietnamese servants killed by the People´s Army of Vietnam. In addition, at least 36,000 Southern civilians were executed for various reasons in the period 1967–1972, about 130 American and 16,000 South Vietnamese POWs died in captivity.

South Vietnam: An estimated 1,500 people died during the forced relocations of 1,200,000 civilians, another 5,000 prisoners died from ill-treatment and about 30,000 suspected communists and fighters were executed. In Quảng Nam Province 4,700 civilians were killed in 1969. This totals, from a range of between 16,000 and 167,000 deaths caused by South Vietnam during the Diệm-era, and 42,000 and 118,000 deaths caused by South Vietnam in the post Diệm-era, excluding People’s Army of Vietnam forces killed by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in combat.

Enrique Ramirez

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Operation Rolling Thunder (Sofia Iguaran) 

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Operation Rolling Thunder (Sofia Iguaran) 

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The Operation Rolling Thunder was the named of an event that consisted of an aerial bombardment conducted by US against North Vietnam from 2 March 1965 until 2 November 1968. The objective of this aerial bombardment was to increase the moral in the regime of Republic of Vietnam, encourage North Vietnam to support communist rebelion in South Vietnam, destroy North Vietnam air defenses, transportation systems, and industrial spots; and stop the flow of man and material in South Vietnam. This goals were difficult to obtain for the restrictions US established and the ones the Cold War leave. Also, because North Vietnam receive a big support from its allies.

The operation is recognized as one of the most intense air battles during the Cold War after the aerial bombardment from Germany in WWII.
North Vietnam and its allies could create one of the most sophisticated air defenses by American aviators.