Vietnam War by Chloe Foerster https://padlet.com/25foersterc/lwidpn2n6rgo0wv0 en-us 2022-04-21 17:41:20 UTC 2022-04-21 18:11:16 UTC hello@padlet.com Surrogate/Proxy War definition 25foersterc https://padlet.com/25foersterc/lwidpn2n6rgo0wv0/wish/2152443478 A war fought by small countries that “represent” the interests of larger countries/powers. Sometimes the larger powers support them, but do not get directly involved.]]> 2022-04-21 17:42:59 UTC https://padlet.com/25foersterc/lwidpn2n6rgo0wv0/wish/2152443478 How was the Cold War not a traditional kind of war? 25foersterc https://padlet.com/25foersterc/lwidpn2n6rgo0wv0/wish/2152444770 There was no direct fighting. ]]> 2022-04-21 17:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/25foersterc/lwidpn2n6rgo0wv0/wish/2152444770 Why were The Vietnamese fighting each other in the 1950s? 25foersterc https://padlet.com/25foersterc/lwidpn2n6rgo0wv0/wish/2152445502 Some wanted communism, some didn't. ]]> 2022-04-21 17:44:10 UTC https://padlet.com/25foersterc/lwidpn2n6rgo0wv0/wish/2152445502 What part or role does the United States play in the Vietnam War and WHY? 25foersterc https://padlet.com/25foersterc/lwidpn2n6rgo0wv0/wish/2152445974 The United States helped the South try and stop the spread of communism because they didn’t want communism to spread/the domino effect to take place.]]> 2022-04-21 17:44:29 UTC https://padlet.com/25foersterc/lwidpn2n6rgo0wv0/wish/2152445974 What part or role does the Soviet Union play in the Vietnam War and WHY? 25foersterc https://padlet.com/25foersterc/lwidpn2n6rgo0wv0/wish/2152446492 The Soviet Union helped the North because they wanted communism to spread ]]> 2022-04-21 17:44:48 UTC https://padlet.com/25foersterc/lwidpn2n6rgo0wv0/wish/2152446492 Timeline 25foersterc https://padlet.com/25foersterc/lwidpn2n6rgo0wv0/wish/2152446843 June 1940: Nazi Germany takes control of France.
January 1950: China and the Soviet Union recognize the communist party in Vietnam and sends supplies and fighters to aid them
(Significance - Soviet Union and China gets involved)
August 1964: USS Maddox is attacked along with 2 U.S. aircrafts. 
(Significance - The US gets involved.)
1966: U.S. troop numbers in Vietnam rise up to 400,000.
September 1969: Ho Chi Minh dies of a heart attack.
(Significance - He was the former president of Vietnam) 

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Effects: 3 million people died and it damaged the U.S. economy seriously 

]]> 2022-04-21 17:45:24 UTC https://padlet.com/25foersterc/lwidpn2n6rgo0wv0/wish/2152447436 Why this surrogate/proxy war is a part of the larger Cold War 25foersterc https://padlet.com/25foersterc/lwidpn2n6rgo0wv0/wish/2152448589 The Cold War fueled the Vietnam war. Both the US and Soviet Union helped different parts of Vietnam during the Vietnam war. ]]> 2022-04-21 17:46:05 UTC https://padlet.com/25foersterc/lwidpn2n6rgo0wv0/wish/2152448589 Bibliography 25foersterc https://padlet.com/25foersterc/lwidpn2n6rgo0wv0/wish/2152449208 History.com Editors. “Vietnam War.” HISTORY, A&E Television Networks, 25 Oct. 2021, https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-history.
“Vietnam War.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, 13 Mar. 2022, https://www.britannica.com/event/Vietnam-War.

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