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Thailand Involvement
In Vietnam War
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Large Numbers of Operations Launched in Thailand
by Communist Party
Thailand Involvement in Vietnam War. (n.d.). Kamalakaran, A., & RBTH. (2016, December 19).
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Name: The Daily News Location: Bangkok, Thailand A
uthor: The Vietnam War
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The fact that Thailand ward off the unceasing 18 minutes flying time from
had never been under growth of communism. The North Vietnam.
country was geographically
any colonial rule
located in a strategic The Communist party in
makes the country position to put a stop to a North Vietnam launched
free from the hatred communist spread large numbers of
against the greatest throughout Southeast Asia. operations both covertly
colonial conqueror To be specific, the country and overtly in South
—the United States. shared a common border to Vietnam and adjacent
On the other way the east with Laos and countries including
around, at that time, Cambodia and its take-off Cambodia, Laos, and the
Thailand was strongly airfields, from which remote areas in Thailand.
opposed to the idea of American planes could take The rapid advancements of
communism and saw the off and drop bombs on freedom fighters and
U.S. as the only hope to help communist targets in only regular troops of North
Vietnam promptly exposed be displeased with the fact was officially established on
Thai borderlines and that the country’s own the year of 1942 and since
resulted to the revolt of CTP frontiers (borders) had then until the day of the
(Communist Party of been used as palace of attack of communist party,
Thailand) against the Thai doing war by the American three conferences were
Government in 1965, and troops. The direct established with each of them
finally began an armed involvement in the conflict leading to the day’s event
struggle. Many other may cause a severe political through the founding of the
communist groups, instability, economic loss, party.
emboldened by the rise of and the deprivation of
communism, provoked an human resources. Looking “I was home having a talk
uprising in Northeastern on the bright side, this with my family about the
provinces of Thailand. would be the open doors for incident when suddenly we
foreign aids and assistance all witnessed the killing
“At that time, Thailand was that would hopefully thrive before our very eyes. One of
very much a voluntary and the Thai economy. the criminals got shot and
active participant in the ________________________________ killed by the soldiers and
Vietnam War. The basis
behind such actions was led
The attack same goes for one of them.
(one of the soldiers were also
by the means of defence of of killed by the criminals)”
our own borders and
country as well as the wish
Communist
to help bring stability to the Party in
Thailand
region as a whole.” says
Thanat Khoman, Thai
Foreign Minister at the
National Assembly.
150,000 US Troops
Sent to Vietnam
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Name: The Daily World News Location: United States Author: HISTORY
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After Congress passed the members of the Congress
Gulf of Tonkin resolution, r esident Lyndon B. were reported to favour his
the Vietcong began to Johnson announces that he decision with most of the
attack bases where has ordered an increase in U.S. governors meeting up
American advisors were U.S. military forces to in the annual conference,
stationed. The Vietcong Vietnam, from the present providing a resolution
attacked a base at Pleiku in of 75,000 to 125,000, and backing Johnson, according
February of 1965 leaving 7 would order additional to Johnson announces more
Americans dead and more increases if necessary. troops to Vietnam. (n.d.).
than a hundred wounded so Jason also made a request
president Johnson knew he to the member states of the
had to do something. Soon United Nations to help
after the American aircraft further his goal to seek an
assaulted north Vietnam. end to the war. Shortly
The people liked the actions after, a reaction that caused
Johnson took but some an escalation to the war
This Day in History: 1965 US
warned him about getting took place— the attack of orders 50,000 troops to
too involved with Vietnam communist leaders for his Vietnam. (2014, July 27).
because it would be hard to decision to send more
get out. troops to Vietnam. Most “You could tell something
unusual was going on out “Kashmir,” joined the
there. There was all this Republic of India, but the
fussing all over the place Pakistani Government
and we later found out that continued to believe that
it was the issue about the the majority of Muslim state
rightfully belonged to
military manpower. They
Pakistan.
were American soldiers that
were sent here for a
particular reason relating to India Pakistan Map - Global History.
the current war. After all, I (n.d.).
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hoped for nothing but my Name: The Daily World News
family to Location: United States
Author: Office of the Historian
be carefree of whatever was ----------------------------------------------
going on out there.” The war between India and
Pakistan was the second
Top Most Important Things About
Somehow, the President’s conflict between the two
The Indo-Pak War 1965. (2017,
decision to send more countries over the state of
December 06).
troops were regarded as a Jammu and Kashmir.
major turning point as it Although the clash did not
resolve the dispute, it did The Pakistani and Indian
guaranteed the U.S. military
engage the United States forces clashed over
leaders unlimited freedom
and the Soviet Union in disputed territory along the
of actions to pursue the ways that would have border between the two
war. important implications for
________________________
nations on the 28th of
subsequent superpower
August, 1965. Hostilities
The
involvement in the region.
The dispute over this region intensified when the
originated in the process of Pakistani Army attempted
Escalatio
decolonisation in South to take Kashmir by force.
Asia. It was later divided The attempt to seize the
into two separate entities
state by the Pakistan was
n of
when the British colony of
India gained its unsuccessful, and the
independence in 1947: the second India-Pakistan War
reached a stalemate. This
India-Pa
secular nation of India and
the predominantly Muslim time, the
nation of Pakistan. Pakistan international politics of the
was composed of two
kistan non-adjacent regions, East
Pakistan and West Pakistan,
Cold War affected the
nature of the conflict. After
separated by Indian Pakistani troops invaded