The Vietnam War occurred between 1959 and 1975 in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. It began as a result of the US strategy to prevent the spread of communism. There were two main power blocs involved - the US and allies who supported South Vietnam, and the Soviet Union and North Vietnam who wanted to reunify Vietnam under communist rule. The war resulted in nearly 60,000 American deaths and an estimated 2 million Vietnamese deaths, and Vietnam was ultimately unified under communist control.

1. Vietnam war
By Ahmed Murtoza Amin
Grade 10A (Student ID: s11866)
International School of Dhaka

2. Why did the conflict
happen
The Vietnam War occurred in Vietnam. Laos and
Cambodia during 1959 and 30-april1975 .The Vietnam
War started as a result of U.S strategy, which aimed to
prevent the spread of communism throughout the
world. The North Vietnamese government and the
Viet Cong were fighting to reunify Vietnam under
communist rule. They viewed the conflict as a colonial
war, fought initially against forces from France and
then America, as France was backed by the U.S., and
later against South Vietnam, which it regarded as a
U.S. puppet state.

3. What role did world power
blocs play in the conflict?
There were two major power blocs in the conflict;
America, with the aim of preventing the spread of
communism along with France, and South Vietnam,.
The other power bloc consisted of the soviet union;
Russia, who wanted establish communist rule and
Vietnam and the south Vietnams who wanted wanted
to reunify with north Vietnam under communist rule.

4. The results of the Vietnam
war
Vietnam was the longest war in American history and
the most unpopular American war of the 20th century.
It resulted in nearly 60,000 American deaths and in an
estimated 2 million Vietnamese deaths. The
communists won and Vietnam was united as one
country, run by the communists.

5. What international
organizations played a role
in the case study
Australia and New Zealand, close allies of the United
States and members of the Southeast Asia Treaty
Organization (SEATO) and the ANZUS military co-
operation treaty, sent ground troops to Vietnam. Both
nations had gained experience in counterinsurgency
and jungle warfare during the Malayan Emergency
and World War II. Their governments subscribed to
the Domino theory. Australia began by sending
advisors to Vietnam in 1962, and combat troops were
committed in 1965.

6. Who were the key people
in the conflict?
Ho Chi Minh, Bao Dai, Ngo Dinh Diem, Nguyen Van
Thieu, Dwight D Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon
B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, Robert McNamara,
William Calley, Jr., Martin Luther King, Jr.William,
Westmoreland, Neil Sheehan.

7. What role did the USSR
and USA play in the
conflict
The Vietnam War started as a result of U.S strategy,
which aimed to prevent the spread of communism
throughout the world. The North Vietnamese
government and the Viet Cong were fighting to
reunify Vietnam under communist rule. They viewed
the conflict as a colonial war, fought initially against
forces from France and then America, as France was
backed by the U.S.

8. Impact of the war
The Vietnam War had far-reaching consequences for
the United States. It led Congress to replace the
military draft with an all-volunteer force and the
country to reduce the voting age to 18. It also inspired
Congress to attack the "imperial" presidency through
the War Powers Act, restricting a president's ability to
send American forces into combat without explicit
Congressional approval. Meanwhile, hundreds of
thousands of Vietnamese refugees have helped restore
blighted urban neighborhoods.