President Johnson imposed a military strategy on the conduct of the Vietnam war that was called:

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), to the collective defense of States enabled France to sustain its economic recovery and to contribute, through By underwriting French military efforts in Southeast Asia, the United One more pressure point to be contained on a wide arc of Communist expansion

With combat raging in Korea and mainland China recentlyįallen to the Communists, the war in Indochina now appeared to Americans as Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG), Indochina, were aiding FranceĪgainst the Viet Minh. In an international climate tense with ideological and military confrontationīetween Communist and non-Communist powers, Army advisers of the newly formed

Satisfaction of declaring Vietnam's independence.

Army officers stood at Ho's side in August 1945 as he basked in the short-lived Army's first encounters with Ho Chi Minh were brief and sympathetic.ĭuring World War II, Ho's anti-Japanese resistance fighters helped to rescueĭowned American pilots and furnished information on Japanese forces in Indochina.

That frustrated the efforts of the French and resulted ultimately in their ouster Viet Minh-waged a political and military struggle for Vietnamese independence Led by Ho Chi Minh, a Communist-dominated revolutionary movement-the The Vietnam War was the legacy of France's failure to suppress nationalistįorces in Indochina as it struggled to restore its colonial dominion after World ARMY IN VIETNAM Extracted from Revised Edition of AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY ARMY HISTORICAL SERIES UNITED STATES ARMY CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY

President Johnson imposed a military strategy on the conduct of the Vietnam war that was called: