escalation.
Keep Calm and Carry On, good PLATO friend.
US Regulars arrived in country in '65.
With the massive build up of men, from 1965 onward, 500,000 men at the peak of the war.
The split occurred in 1954, and was part of the reason for the war.
Vietnam was a French colony up until World War 2, when Japan invaded it. The Vietnamese were able to fight off the Japanese. After the war, France attempted to retake Vietnam, which created North and South Vietnam, leading to the Vietnam War.
Communist infiltration.
To prevent the build up of ccmmunist control and expansion
The build up of communism in that part of the world (South East Asia).
Mainly with regards to the Vietnam war, people were having issues understanding why the U.S. as a democracy were helping fight a war on the same side of a dictatorship (South Vietnam). Plus the war continued on due to the constant build up of the cold war, due to this rising conflict.
With the massive build up of men, from 1965 onward, 500,000 men at the peak of the war.
Robert McNamara was Secretary of Defense during the main build-up with President Johnson.
Up until the end of the Vietnam War, tanks were constructed of homogenious steel (cast/molded one piece armor).
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A Communist victory.
The conditions in the Vietnam war was that it was like a Jungle with tall grasses and fill up with boofy traps
The split occurred in 1954, and was part of the reason for the war.
Vietnam was a French colony up until World War 2, when Japan invaded it. The Vietnamese were able to fight off the Japanese. After the war, France attempted to retake Vietnam, which created North and South Vietnam, leading to the Vietnam War.