1. VIETNAM WAR 1 班 钟少珍

3. Time & Location The Vietnam War was a Cold War era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

4. about vietnam war

5. The Vietnam War: The 2nd Indochina War North Vietnamese & Southern communist Vietcong ( 越共 ) assisted by the Soviet Union and China VS. Republic of Vietnam assisted by the United States

6. Basically to hold the line against the spread of world Communism. America paid for the war the French fought against Communist Vietnam as a part of the Truman Doctrine (1947) “ to help free peoples to maintain their free institutions and their national integrity against … totalitarian Why Did the United States Fight a War in Vietnam?

7. People suffered a lot from the war

10. Longest and Most Unpopular War The Vietnam War was the longest and most unpopular war in American history. During the war: – 58,000 Americans lost their lives. The oldest man killed was 62 years old; the youngest, 16. 61% of the men killed were 21 or younger. – 304,000 were wounded. – 75,000 were severely disabled. – The United States spent over $200 billion dollars on the war.

11. Vietnam: North: 1.1m dead 600th injured 330th missing South ： 130th dead, 500th injured U.S.: economic downturn Casualties

12. my opinion of the war When I look back the war, I’m shocked by the damages caused by the war and I feel so sorry about the deaths. The war was leaded by a wrong judgment about the world made by American government. In my opinion nothing is more important and valuable than life, no country want to be involved in a war since it brings greatly damage in both sides. so we human beings should make efforts to keep the world peaceful.