The Vietnam War

        The Vietnam war started after the disagreements between the French, who had ruled Indochina before World War 2, and the communist Vietminh, founded and led by Ho Chi Minh. The communist Vietminh were determined to fight the French rule and make changes of their own.         After the Americans had made the Japanese surrender in August of 1945, Vietminh soldiers took over the capitol city, Hanoi, forced Emperor Bao Dai out of power and replaced him with Ho …

…Nixon declared a total cease-fire. The Americans were to fully withdraw in 60 days. By the end of March 1973, all armed U.S. troops were out of South Vietnam. In 1974 the war started up again, And on April 30th, the capital city, Saigon was captured.         The Vietnamese war casualties were more than 2 million killed, 3 million wounded, and hundreds of kids left without parents. The U.S. casualties were 57,685 killed and around 153,300 wounded and 587 Prisoners Of War.