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democratic independence movement in

Vietnam. He created the Viet Minh which was

a large group of Vietnamese that opposed

the Northern communists. Ho became

president of the Democratic State of Vietnam

after WW2.

get independence from France, then later

opposed South Vietnam and the United States

Corps and the Viet Minh communist-nationalist

revolutionaries. The French eventually lost the 

battle with a estimated 3000 troops dead.

that fought against the US and the South

Vietnamese government and emerged on

the winning side of the fight.

government and the US forces were depleting,

there needed to be some way to defend the

government, or it would collapse entirely; so

the US sent more troops to fight the war.

articulate in his critisism of the US involvment in Vietman

of defense secratary of the US during

the Vietnam War and was very influential

in changing and enhancing the fight for

the US.

trails that were all scattered throughout Vietnam 

and were trails that the northern Vietnamese 

troops used to get into the south. They also used

it as a supply route for different needed supplies.

The trails were over 1000 miles long and were

mainly on the borders of the country in the jungle.

in allowing further expansion of the

Vietnam war.

that flourished in the mid-to-late 1960's and

was known for their activism against the

Vietnam War.

that had the details of the Vietnam War plan. It was

controversial because it demonstrated that the

Johnson Administration had lied to Congress and

to the public.

with the capture of Saigon, the South-Vietnamese

capital

to honor the veterans and US militants

that sered and fought in the Vietnam War

between the ages of 18 and 21 to vote.

the time of the Vietnam war to describe

public skepticism of the Vietnam War.

US to an armed conflict without the