I choose this topic because...It was a big part of the Untied States army and how tough they were and how much strength they had. They also had a great knowledge of how to do things.
U.S. Bombs South Vietnam: A specialized North Vietnamese Army unit, Group 559, is formed to create a supply route from North Vietnam to Vietcong forces in South Vietnam. With the approval of Prince Sihanouk of Cambodia, Group 559 develops a primitive route along the Vietnamese/Cambodian border, with offshoots into Vietnam along its entire length. This becomes known as the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
President John F. Kennedy orders more help for the South Vietnamese government in its war against the Vietcong guerrillas. U.S. backing includes new equipment and more than 3,000 military advisors and support personal. The U.S. planes bomb North Vietnam because they thented to bomb the U.S. so they struck first. When the troops arrived in South Vietnam the people where happy because they had more troops to fight with and a better chance of winning the war. When the U.S. planes bomb the North Vietnam that told the troops in South Virtnam that they could start the fighting. When they went into fight the Vietnames they were aboused by the Vietnames. Many were cappured and some were killed even thow they were aboused and did not have many guys they still fought. The bombs were the big part of the war because it took out alot of the Vietnames. When they borght more troops into the war with supplies.
Using SEATO for political cover, the Eisenhower administration helped create a new nation from dust in southern Vietnam. In 1955, with the help of massive amounts of American military, political, and economic aid, the Government of the Republic of Vietnam (GVN or South Vietnam) was born. The following year, Ngo Dinh Diem, a staunchly anti-Communist figure from the South,won a dubious election that made him president of the GVN. Almost immediately, Diem claimed that his newly created government was under attack from Communists in the north. Diem argued that the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV or North Vietnam) wanted to take South Vietnam by force. In late 1957, with American military aid, Diem began to counterattack. He used the help of the American Central Intelligence Agency to identify those who sought to bring his government down and arrested thousands. Diem passed a repressive series of acts known as Law 10/59 that made it legal to hold someone in jail if she was a suspected Communist without bringing formal charges.