The "Cold War" was a battle against communism. North Vietnam was a communist country trying to take over South Vietnam which was NOT a communist country. The US was helping South Vietnam fight North Vietnam so that communist North Vietnam could NOT take it over.
The Republic of South Vietnam was threatened with a physical take over by Communist led North Vietnam, and the US responded by assisting in defending South Vietnam from that attack. It should be pointed out and made well known that the United States was involved in Vietnam well before the 1960's. The U.S. almost supported the North Vietnamese side; however, it was soon discovered that the Ho Chi Minh was communist. The U.S. believed in nationalism which meant that the Vietnamese should possess their own government-boiling down to the issue of liberating them from French colonization. It was just at that time, the Cold War was going strong and we couldn't allow the "reds" to gain another foothold in the world. Sadly, we lost that war . . . along with most of our soldiers' innocence.
The Vietnam War was fought to prevent the FREE WORLD country of South Vietnam from falling under the control of the Communist led North Vietnam.
Slavery led to the Civil War.
The same as in most wars; Vietnam had the added "rejection" from their own countrymen.
Q who was the victor of the Vietnam war? A I have no idea who won the Vietnam war!!!!
No, the Vietnam War was in Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson's presidency is generally thought to have been destroyed by the Vietnam War. He had plans for what he called The Great Society, however constant problems of the Vietnam War prevented him from achieving this lofty goal. His administration was constantly criticized for continuing the war to the point where the war was practically the only issue being addressed by him.
Vietnam was part of the cold war.
Communist infiltration into South Vietnam.
The French Indochina War most likely led to the (so called) American Vietnam War. Because the French war divided up the country into TWO nations; North & South Vietnams. When the communist led North Vietnam attempted to take over (conquer) South Vietnam... this led to US involvment.
The Vietnam war
Slavery led to the Civil War.
See answer below.
The Vietnam War
Ho Chi Minhi
Nixon led, but Ford finished it.
The Vietnam War led to President Johnson's (Dem) decision not to run for re-election, which enabled Richard Nixon (Rep) to win the next 2 elections. It led to a distrust of American political figures that continues today, and the war led to the elimination of the draft and the implementation of the all-volunteer military.
At the time of the Vietnam War, North Vietnam was led by Ho Chi Minh, who was the founder of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. South Vietnam was led by President Ngo Dinh Diem until 1963 when he was overthrown and later by Nguyen Van Thieu.
Japan's occupation during WW2.