Vietnam War 2

Vietnam 2

The jungles of Vietnam proved a tough place to fight a war. It was very difficult to find the enemy in the jungles and also difficult to determine who was the enemy. The troops had to deal with booby traps and constant ambushes from people they thought they were fighting for. 

When Richard Nixon became president he decided to end US involvement in the war. He first began removing troops from Vietnam in July of 1969.  In April of 1975 South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam. Soon the country became officially unified as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Vietnam was now a communist country. The US had lost the Vietnam War and also taken a major blow in the Cold War.

The United States lost the Vietnam War. It lasted for twenty years, something the US never expected when it joined in the fight. Not only did the US lose the war and the country of Vietnam to the communists, the US lost prestige in the eyes of the world. 

Have you ever heard about the Ho Chi Min Trail? 

Watch this video to learn about the booby traps used by the Vietnamese against Americans.