The World War II and the Vietnam War (1430)

The World War II

By the late 1930s Germany, Italy and Japan had already disrupted world peace. America tried to keep the country neutral. But after the fall of France in June, 1940, it extended lend-lease aid to the British and the Russians. The threat of war had caused to build the armed strength of the nation. The US government froze all Japanese assets in the United States. On December 7, 1941 Japanese bombs fell on Pearl Harbour, a US naval base in Hawaii. The United States promptly declared war, and 4 days later Germany and Italy declared war on the United States.

A series of important conferences outlined the policies for the war and the programs for the peace after victory; among them was the Yalta Conference, at which Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin planned for post-war settlement. Before the war ended the United States developed and used a fateful weapon of war, the atomic bomb.

The Vietnam War

Lyndon B. Johnson, the successor of President Kennedy assassinated on November 22, 1963, was to bring many Kennedy’s measures to legislative fruition. But Johnson pursued an aggressive policy, dispatching troops to the Dominican Republic and escalating American participation in the Vietnam War.

The Vietnam War provoked increasing opposition at home, manifested in marches and demonstrations in which thousands of people were arrested. An impression of general lawlessness and domestic disintegration was heightened by serious race riots and various racial and political assassinations, notably those of Martin Luther King and Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

The new President, Richard M. Nixon, promised an end to the Vietnam War and began a slow withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam.

Check your comprehension.

1. What was the America’s policy before the War? 2. What happened on December 7, 1941? 6. When and what weapon did the USA develop? 5. What policy did L. Johnson pursue? 6. What was the attitude of many people of America to un-leasing war in Vietnam? 7. Who began withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam?

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