It was his dream to establish an independent Vietnamese country. He would first fight with the French who he would later defeat and become the leader of North Vietnam. Later on the North and South fought each other and despite U.S. support, the South was defeated and Vietnam was united under communist rule. But also, to gain Vietnams independence from France.
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Because most of the fighting occurred in Europe and in Asia (besides Pearl Harbor), only soldiers had died in the fighting. Due to Pearl Harbor, one could explain the number of civilian casualties in this situation.
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The Articles of confederation did not give the national government any power to force taxes.