10 Facts about the Vietnam War by Abe https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam Desc en-us 2020-10-22 16:35:23 UTC 2020-10-29 01:42:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1fa-1f1f8.png 10 Facts about the Vietnam War abraham_haikal https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/853250608 The Vietnam war one of the biggest wars in American history, let’s see how it stacks up against real facts.]]> 2020-10-22 16:35:31 UTC https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/853250608 The Vietnam war was the longest war in American history abraham_haikal https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/853282462 It went on from 1955 - 1975, 20 years long. ]]> 2020-10-22 16:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/853282462 The Vietnam war is America’s 4th deadliest war abraham_haikal https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/853284536 With 58k U.S Causalities, 1,100,000 North Vietnamese Causalities, and 200k-250k South Vietnam Causalities.]]> 2020-10-22 16:42:37 UTC https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/853284536 It wasn’t only the U.S versus Vietnam abraham_haikal https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/856833983 China, the USSR, and North Korea fought on North Vietnam’s side 
while the US, South Korea, Philippines, New Zealand, and the Republic of China fought on South Vietnam’s side. (This isn’t a full list)]]> 2020-10-23 18:01:56 UTC https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/856833983 The majority of the U.S soldiers weren’t drafted abraham_haikal https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/857133642 Only 25% of American soldiers were drafted.]]> 2020-10-23 19:31:33 UTC https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/857133642 The U.S. didn’t face nearly as much damage as NVA abraham_haikal https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/857992735 The North Vietnamese didn’t have nearly as strong of a military.]]> 2020-10-24 12:42:51 UTC https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/857992735 The Vietnam war isn’t an official war (kinda) abraham_haikal https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/871832405 The congress sent out troops but never made an official declaration of war. We should know by now that a declaration of war isn’t needed for a war to occur (surprise attacks happen an awful lot throughout history).]]> 2020-10-29 01:14:13 UTC https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/871832405 It actually lead to nearby civil wars making more countries communist. abraham_haikal https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/871841095 For example, Cambodia had a civil war after the Vietnam war and became communist.]]> 2020-10-29 01:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/871841095 The Vietnam war costed 168 billion dollars (for the U.S) abraham_haikal https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/871849279 That’s over 1 trillion]]> 2020-10-29 01:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/871849279 Millions of people Immigrated to the south (due to U.S propaganda) abraham_haikal https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/871852545 This included rumors that the U.S would drop a nuke on North Vietnam.]]> 2020-10-29 01:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/871852545 The U.S won nearly all major battles & won key points again and again abraham_haikal https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/871858824 Some historians say that the U.S won all major battles while some say they only lost a dozen. The U.S even captured key areas multiple times & lose less people. ]]> 2020-10-29 01:29:16 UTC https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/871858824 The U.S lead a coup to takeover the ineffective South Vietnam leader abraham_haikal https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/871862759 And they won! The only problem was that military governments kept rising then being abolished again and again. It lead to massive political chaos.]]> 2020-10-29 01:31:18 UTC https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/871862759 The U.S claims that NVA started the war but many say it’s false abraham_haikal https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/871869764 In fact many believe that the U.S fabricated the whole thing just to declare war on an ever growing communist power.]]> 2020-10-29 01:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/871869764 The Ho Chi Minh trail used to avoid the U.S caused a civil war in Laos abraham_haikal https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/871873374 The Ho Chi Minh trail was a trail that went through neighboring countries to avoid U.S bombs]]> 2020-10-29 01:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/871873374 In an effort to stop Laos from being communist the U.S dropped 2 millions tons of bombs on it (in ww2 they dropped 2.1mil) abraham_haikal https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/871875823 That’s a lot of bombing, infact Laos is the most heavily bombed country in the world!]]> 2020-10-29 01:38:25 UTC https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/871875823 Why I chose these facts abraham_haikal https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/871878829 I want to show how devastating the Vietnam war was while also correcting some myths that make it seem worse than it is. ]]> 2020-10-29 01:40:07 UTC https://padlet.com/abraham_haikal/Vietnam/wish/871878829