The buildup of US troops in South Vietnam was accelerated after the Gulf of Tonkin incident, in which North Vietnamese gunboats attacked ships of the US Seventh Fleet off the coast of North Vietnam.
The TET offensive of 1968 is considered by many to have been the beginning of the US's end of involvement in Vietnam.
Vietnam was not a war it was an action.
they were used to spark protest against America's involvement in the Vietnam War
It was at the battle of Dien Bien Phu that the colonial power France lost what was to be the last battle of their war against the Viet Minh. After this battle, the colonial powers conspired to divide Vietnam into two parts, North and South. This division, called the Geneva Accords of 1954, eventually led the communists in the north to try to re-unite the two parts of the country into one country. The attempts by the USA to prevent this led to the Vietnam War
The Tet Offensive .
One event that caused an escalation of troop involvement in Vietnam was the incident in 1964 at the Gulf of Tonkin.
The Vietnam War
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 TET offensive of 1968 is considered by many to have been the beginning of the US's end of involvement in Vietnam.
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The battle of Dien Bien Phu led to the direct involvement of the US in Vietnam in the hopes of curbing communist expansionist policies .
They weren't.
1955.
Over 50,000 Australian Servicemen fought in the Vietnam War.
No.
Mexico was neutral.
They weren't.