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Prisoner Of War From US Army During The Vietnam War Under The Control Of North Vietnam(1964-1973)

Posted on:2018-07-06Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:G L LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2335330515965395Subject:World History
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During the Vietnam War,in order to attack the Democratic republic of Vietnam from the source of the The republic of Vietnam to the infiltration of the traffic lines,The Johnson administration of the United States in the North Vietnamese airspace codenamed Operation Rolling Thunder.The U.S.troops deployed tens of thousands of military aircraft and The Soviet union air defense forces under the assistance of the North Vietnamese army launched a struggle in three years and eight months.Many U.S.aircraft were shot down to the main problem of the U.S.military prisoners of war resulting.In the face of captured American pilots,the North Vietnamese government's attitude towards them is full of complications.In the early days,due to the lack of U.S.prisoners of war,the attitude of the north to treat prisoners of war is not clear,the management of prisoners of war is also more relaxed.In the medium term,due to the increase in bombing operations,the number of U.S.military prisoners of war is also increasing,the North Vietnamese government began to have the purpose of using prisoners of war to create international public opinion,The control of prisoners of war has become increasingly strict,interrogation,brainwashing,torture become commonplace,the living conditions of captive pilots become very bad.Until the end of the negotiations with the United States and Vietnam,the North Vietnamese attitude towards the U.S.military prisoners have eased.From the point of view of the American prisoners of war,they have experienced a long and painful process after being captured.The first was forced to accept the fact that the North Vietnamese prisoners,and then slowly adapt to the strange environment of the camp.In the face of torture by the North Vietnamese authorities,they have made their own limited resistance,based on the American military code of conduct.With the increasing of the captured prisoners,they gradually establish a matrix code communication system,which not only let the prisoners no longer lonely and helpless,but also allow them to management of prisoners sent a collective voice.In addition to the struggle within the prison camp,there are individual American prisoners of war to choose to escape,but in the context of the case did not succeed.In the face of more and more American pilots captured,the U.S.government's attitude is complex.In order not to be caught in international public opinion on the handle,the United States is not clear at the beginning of the attitude.Until the north Vietnamese government forces paraded American prisoners of war,the government began to face up to the problem,and to run for the treatment of prisoners of war in every way.As the end of the war,the United States government rescue work launched a prisoner of war quickly.From the north to receive the prisoners of war to escort them back to their hometown,each procedure is strictly and without loss of human nature,to the lives of prisoners of war after returning to lay a good foundation.
Keywords/Search Tags:Vietnam War, North Vietnamese government, American prisoners of war
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