Dunno wherever you copied/pasted that from, it sounded like a bad high school report...
The Vietnam War pitted America against communism and was a classic example of Cold War conflict. The western allies had been victorious in Berlin, but communism had taken root in China. Eastern Europe remained under Russian control and in Vietnam the American feared threat of the spread communism seemed to be real.
No...At the end of WW II, China was hardly established as a communist country. Mao and Chiang were still contending forces with their respective sponsors, Russia and the US-led Allies, on what direction should China take.
Before World War Two, Vietnam had been part of the French Empire. During the war, the country had been overrun by the Japanese. When the Japanese retreated, the people of Vietnam took the opportunity to establish their own government lead by Ho Chi Minh. However, after the end of the war, the Allies gave back south Vietnam to the French while the north was left in the hands of the non-communist Chinese.
If this truly was a high school History report, I would give it an epic F. Obviously you did not read the argument I presented so I will spell it out for you...
Pentagon Papers, Gravel Edition, Summary and Chapter I
I saw Halifax last week and told him quite frankly that it was perfectly true that I had, for over a year, expressed the opinion that Indo-China should not go back to France but that it should be administered by an international trusteeship. France has had the country-thirty million inhabitants for nearly one hundred years, and the people are worse off than they were at the beginning.
As a matter of interest, I am wholeheartedly supported in this view by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and by Marshal Stalin. I see no reason to play in with the British Foreign Office in this matter. The only reason they seem to oppose it is that they fear the effect it would have on their own possessions and those of the Dutch. They have never liked the idea of trusteeship because it is, in some instances, aimed at future independence. This is true in the case of Indo-China.
Each case must, of course, stand on its own feet, but the case of IndoChina is perfectly clear. France has milked it for one hundred years. The people of Indo-China are entitled to something better than that.
Even before the end of WW II, the US already had plans for Indochina -- independence. Of course, war time necessities pushed this plan into the background. Though Roosevelt died, the US under Truman had no reasons to deviate from that plan. The US never had any colonial interests on mainland China the way the Europeans did. That was why Roosevelt commented about the French and British attitudes regarding Indochina under UN trusteeship towards independence.
The true reason why France managed to re-entered Indochina...
Ho
The HoSainteny agreement was an agreement made March 6, 1946 between Ho Chi Minh, President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, and Jean Sainteny, Special Envoy of France. It recognized Vietnam as a "Free State" within the French Union, and permitted France to continue stationing troops in North Vietnam until 1951.
Look closely at the date and see for yourself. France was anxious to reclaim Indochina the way any colonial power would. China was already in the beginning of an internal power struggle between Mao and Chiang. Non-communist nationalists were voicing their opposition to Ho in northern Viet Nam. They had to go. France endowed Ho with some measure of authority backed up by military force. The result was the slaughter of non-communist nationalists under the hands of the Viet Minh and France. No one in the Allies camp 'gave' Viet Nam, north or south, to anyone. Once France was back into Indochina at the invitation of the Viet Minh, what else could anyone do?
The Chinese treated the north Vietnamese very badly and support for Ho Chi Minh grew. He had been removed form power at the end of the war. The Chinese pulled out of north Vietnam in 1946 and the party of Ho Chi Minh took over - the Viet Minh.
Of course the Chinese mistreated the Viet. They viewed themselves as 'Sons of Heaven', as recalled by this man...
Amazon.com: Following Ho Chi Minh: The Memoirs of a North Vietnamese Colonel (9780824822330): Bui Tin: Books
Chinese 'advisors' did more than just 'advised' the Viet Minh. They falsely accused loyal Viet Minh members, high and low, abused the Viet peasantry in crimes that involved even rapes and murders and Ho was too cowardly to stand up for his people. By this time, the conflict against France was underway. So it is not true that Ho was removed from power. He never was in power. He got into power via an agreement with France that in principle gave France all the justification they need to reclaim a colony.
So here are the true instigators of the Vietnam War, in order:
- Ho Chi Minh
- France
- China
I see no reason to continue. You failed.