War in Vietnam

Vietnam, a small country in the Indochina region, has a history filled with marks of war. It was made a colony of the French in the 1890s and was occupied by the Japanese in World War Two. When the Second World War ended, Vietnam began engaging in fierce warfare such as the First Indochina war and the Vietnam War for its independence and unification. Leading on one side was a significant movement, the communist Viet …

…Vietnam after the Geneva agreement was also unpopular and this encouraged support for the Viet Minh. The Viet Minh struggled for power through many years of warfare with the French and later the Americans, finally achieving in their aim of 'liberation of our people and the salvation of our nation' on 30th April 1975, when the North Vietnamese Army raced into the Presidential palace of South Vietnam and united the two states under the Viet Minh.