英语作文：越南战争

英语作文：越南战争Between1945and1954,theVietnamesewagedananti-colonialwaragainstFranceandreceived$billioninfinancialsupportfromtheUnitedStates.TheFrenchdefeatattheDienBienPhuwasfollowedbyapeaceconferenceinGeneva,inwhichLaos,Cambodia,andVietnamreceivedtheirindependenceandVietnamwastemporarilydividedbetweenananti-CommunistSouthandaCommunistNorth.In1956,SouthVietnam,withAmericanbacking,refusedtoholdtheunificationelections.By1958,Communist-ledguerrillasknownastheVietConghadbeguntobattletheSouthVietnamesegovernment.TosupporttheSouthsgovernment,theUnitedStatessentin2,000militaryadvisors,anumberthatgrewto16,300in1963.Themilitaryconditiondeteriorated,andby1963SouthVietnamhadlostthefertileMekongDeltatotheVietcong.In1965,Johnsonescalatedthewar,commencingairstrikesonNorthVietnamandcommittinggroundforces,whichnumbered536,000in1968.The1968TetOffensivebytheNorthVietnameseturnedmanyAmericansagainstthewar.Thenextpresident,RichardNixon,advocatedVietnamization,withdrawingAmericantroopsandgivingSouthVietnamgreaterresponsibilityforfightingthewar.HisattempttoslowtheflowofNorthVietnamesesoldiersandsuppliesintoSouthVietnambysendingAmericanforcestodestroyCommunistsupplybasesinCambodiain1970inviolationofCambodianneutralityprovokedantiwarprotestsonthenationscollegecampuses.[英语作文：越南战争]相关文章：