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Post by gillan1220 on Aug 14, 2024 15:36:19 GMT
So this is proof that the Vietnamese communists were really communists but just wanted independence. FDR was willing to pressure France to give Vietnam independence. And we now how quickly things changed from being friends to being enemies to being friends as of today again. 1944-45: Allies against the Japanese. The OSS trains the Viet Minh. Ho Chi Minh quotes the American declaration of independence for Vietnam's preamble. 1946-1954: Truman's anti-communist policies affects the current French colonial war in Indochina. The U.S. supports France. 1964: Gulf of Tonkin incident. 1965: First U.S. ground troops in Vietnam. 1968: Tet Offensive 1973: Paris Peace Accords 1975: South Vietnam Falls to the North. Country reunified under Hanoi. 1975-1995: Without proper diplomatic relations, the U.S. POW/MIA issue is hampered. 1979-1989: Vietnam invades Cambodia. KPNLF supported by the U.S., UK, and China. During the Sino-Vietnamese War, the U.S. gives diplomatic support to China. 1995: The Clinton Administration restores ties with Vietnam. Vietnam is also accepted to ASEAN. 2001: Seven American and nine Vietnamese officials were lost when an Mi-7 helicopter crashed into a mountain in Quang Binh province. The combined team was scouting sites that might contain the remains of Americans killed and not recovered. This was the first peace-time military operation between Washington and Hanoi. 2002: The Russian Navy formally turns over control of the naval base in Cam Ranh Bay to their Vietnamese counterparts. 2005: The USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) becomes the first U.S. Navy warship to visit Da Nang since the Vietnam War. 2016: The outgoing Obama Administration lifts the arms embargo on Vietnam. Since 2014, the U.S. and Vietnam grow closer due to security concerns from a nearby aggressive China. 2018: The USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) becomes the first U.S. Navy aircraft carrier to visit Da Nang since the Vietnam War. 2019: Hanoi Summit is held between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un.
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Post by gillan1220 on Aug 14, 2024 15:52:43 GMT
President Harry S. Truman announced the unconditional surrender of Japan to reporters gathered at the White House. YouTube (President Truman reads the Japanese Surrender 1945)[iframe title="YouTube video player" width="560" height="349" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/xcjwtTHdAZI?wmode=transparent&start=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="1"][/iframe] Photo: Photograph of a huge crowd outside the White House gates celebrating the Japanese surrender, August 14 1945Photo: President Truman announces Japan's surrender, at the White House, Washington, DC, 14, August 1945Photo: reporters rushing excitedly through the White House with news of the Japanese surrender 14, August 1945Photo: "V.J." Day - Jackson Square Oak Ridge Tennessee, 14 August 1945YouTube (US Celebrates Japanese Surrender (1945)
[iframe title="YouTube video player" width="560" height="349" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/66EOCMdEqCI?wmode=transparent&start=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="1"][/iframe]FranceNow compare this to 2011. President Obama on Death of Osama bin Laden Americans react to news of Osama bin Laden's deathNYC reacts to Osama bin Laden's deathDifferent eras. Same Vibes.
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Post by lordroel on Aug 15, 2024 15:14:42 GMT
The War might be over but still.
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Post by gillan1220 on Aug 16, 2024 13:40:33 GMT
The War might be over but still. Diehards were still there after all. The last two only surrendered in 1974.
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Post by lordroel on Aug 16, 2024 13:43:30 GMT
The War might be over but still. Diehards were still there after all. The last two only surrendered in 1974. Yep, the end is almost here, after that the longest project on the forums ends.
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Post by gillan1220 on Aug 16, 2024 14:29:40 GMT
Photo: Shanghai people celebrating Japanese surrender, 15 August 1945 This one ties in with this scene from Empire of the Sun (1987): Empire of the Sun (1987) - The meeting, final scene.
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Post by lordroel on Aug 17, 2024 14:11:42 GMT
The World War Two episode for August 17th 1945 is delayed, will edit it it when it comes online.
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Post by lordroel on Aug 17, 2024 16:38:23 GMT
The World War Two episode for August 17th 1945 is delayed, will edit it it when it comes online. Has been added, only 3 more to go.
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Post by stevep on Aug 17, 2024 23:08:29 GMT
The World War Two episode for August 17th 1945 is delayed, will edit it it when it comes online. Has been added, only 3 more to go.
So your not going up til the formal surrender on was it the 15th September.
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Post by lordroel on Aug 18, 2024 7:00:18 GMT
Has been added, only 3 more to go. So your not going up til the formal surrender on was it the 15th September.
Still thinking about that, if I post some days after to tie op lose ends.
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Post by lordroel on Aug 18, 2024 10:36:37 GMT
So your not going up til the formal surrender on was it the 15th September.
Still thinking about that, if I post some days after to tie op lose ends. Okay, so i have completed work until September 30th 1945, will post it in the World War II Thread as it will allow things to close like all the surrendering that are going on and that are a lot, so i might miss some, my apologizes in advance for that.
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Post by stevep on Aug 18, 2024 11:36:20 GMT
Still thinking about that, if I post some days after to tie op lose ends. Okay, so i have completed work until September 30th 1945, will post it in the World War II Thread as it will allow things to close like all the surrendering that are going on and that are a lot, so i might miss some, my apologizes in advance for that.
OK thanks. Bound to miss a few things with the situation still so chaotic plus it needs a clear end point that doesn't really exist in reality given how it morphed into following conflict, both political and physical - assorted independence struggles, the Chinese civil war etc.
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Post by lordroel on Aug 18, 2024 11:41:25 GMT
Okay, so i have completed work until September 30th 1945, will post it in the World War II Thread as it will allow things to close like all the surrendering that are going on and that are a lot, so i might miss some, my apologizes in advance for that. OK thanks. Bound to miss a few things with the situation still so chaotic plus it needs a clear end point that doesn't really exist in reality given how it morphed into following conflict, both political and physical - assorted independence struggles, the Chinese civil war etc.
It is going to be a busy month, a lot of surrendering, still working on finding photos ore YouTube clips for some of them, some have them and some there is not even a photo.
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Post by stevep on Aug 22, 2024 10:39:38 GMT
Interesting. I knew of that speech by Lincoln about slavery being unimportant to him compared to maintaining the union but never realised it was relatively this late. Thought it had been something said during his election campaign to reassure the slave states.
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Post by gillan1220 on Sept 1, 2024 15:38:46 GMT
Day 2181 of World War II, September 1st 1945 So we made it. I wonder what tomorrow's post will be.
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