https://padlet.com/sethbarker/4gh9hvz6qevaygnh Today, I will list 10 facts about the Vietnam War and why I chose them. en-us 2020-10-23 14:33:18 UTC 2026-03-24 16:41:16 UTC hello@padlet.com sethbarker https://padlet.com/sethbarker/4gh9hvz6qevaygnh/wish/856002693 More than 3 million people(including 58,000 Americans) were killed in the Vietnam War.]]> 2020-10-23 14:40:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sethbarker/4gh9hvz6qevaygnh/wish/856002693 sethbarker https://padlet.com/sethbarker/4gh9hvz6qevaygnh/wish/856026750 The war started because communist Ho Chi Minh and his opposer Emperor Bao split the country into two and the two began to fight, with Ho’s Viet Cong army in the north and the other army in the south.]]> 2020-10-23 14:46:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sethbarker/4gh9hvz6qevaygnh/wish/856026750 sethbarker https://padlet.com/sethbarker/4gh9hvz6qevaygnh/wish/856040723 From 1964-1973, the US dropped 2 million bombs on Vietnam’s neighboring country Laos. This is because the U.S. wanted to destroy the supply of the Viet Cong. This makes Laos the most heavily bombed country per capita in the world.]]> 2020-10-23 14:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sethbarker/4gh9hvz6qevaygnh/wish/856040723 sethbarker https://padlet.com/sethbarker/4gh9hvz6qevaygnh/wish/856058741 By November 1967, the number of American troops in Vietnam was approaching 500,000, and U.S. casualties had reached 15,058 killed and 109,527 wounded. In the later years of the war, some people thought the war was unnecessary so some troops in Vietnam left and some people went protesting in Washington DC outside the Pentagon.]]> 2020-10-23 14:53:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sethbarker/4gh9hvz6qevaygnh/wish/856058741 sethbarker https://padlet.com/sethbarker/4gh9hvz6qevaygnh/wish/856073172 The U.S.-South Vietnamese war effort in the south was fought primarily on the ground, largely under the command of General William Westmoreland, in coordination with the government of General Nguyen Van Thieu in Saigon.]]> 2020-10-23 14:57:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sethbarker/4gh9hvz6qevaygnh/wish/856073172 sethbarker https://padlet.com/sethbarker/4gh9hvz6qevaygnh/wish/856084381 In later years of the Vietnam War, the carnage would increase than early years. This includes the horrifying revelation that U.S. soldiers had mercilessly slaughtered more than 400 unarmed civilians in the village of My Lai in March 1968. After the My Lai Massacre, anti-war protests continued to build as the conflict wore on. In 1968 and 1969, there were hundreds of protest marches and gatherings throughout the country.

]]> 2020-10-23 15:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sethbarker/4gh9hvz6qevaygnh/wish/856084381 sethbarker https://padlet.com/sethbarker/4gh9hvz6qevaygnh/wish/856089836 In 1970, a joint U.S-South Vietnamese operation invaded Cambodia, hoping to wipe out DRV supply bases there. The South Vietnamese then led their own invasion of Laos, which was pushed back by North Vietnam. The invasion of these countries, in violation of international law, sparked a new wave of protests on college campuses across America. During one, on May 4, 1970, at Kent State University in Ohio, National Guardsmen shot and killed four students. At another protest 10 days later, two students at Jackson State University in Mississippi were killed by police.

]]> 2020-10-23 15:01:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sethbarker/4gh9hvz6qevaygnh/wish/856089836 sethbarker https://padlet.com/sethbarker/4gh9hvz6qevaygnh/wish/856096643 In January 1973, the United States and North Vietnam concluded a final peace agreement, ending open hostilities between the two nations. War between North and South Vietnam continued, however, until April 30, 1975, when Viet Cong forces captured Saigon, renaming it Ho Chi Minh City.]]> 2020-10-23 15:03:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sethbarker/4gh9hvz6qevaygnh/wish/856096643 sethbarker https://padlet.com/sethbarker/4gh9hvz6qevaygnh/wish/856099036 More than two decades of violent conflict had inflicted a devastating toll on Vietnam’s population: After years of warfare, an estimated 2 million Vietnamese were killed, while 3 million were wounded and another 12 million became refugees.]]> 2020-10-23 15:04:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sethbarker/4gh9hvz6qevaygnh/wish/856099036 sethbarker https://padlet.com/sethbarker/4gh9hvz6qevaygnh/wish/856102447 In the United States, the effects of the Vietnam War would linger long after the last troops returned home in 1973. The nation spent more than $120 billion on the conflict in Vietnam from 1965-73; this massive spending led to widespread inflation, exacerbated by a worldwide oil crisis in 1973 and skyrocketing fuel prices.]]> 2020-10-23 15:04:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sethbarker/4gh9hvz6qevaygnh/wish/856102447 sethbarker https://padlet.com/sethbarker/4gh9hvz6qevaygnh/wish/856111491 The Vietnam War was probably one of the worst wars in history. I chose these facts because I wanted to tell you how the war started, how it ended, and I wanted to show you how devastating and completely unnecessary it was. I hope you have learned something about the Vietnam War!]]> 2020-10-23 15:06:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sethbarker/4gh9hvz6qevaygnh/wish/856111491