The Cold War was pretty much the United States opposing communism, and it greatly relates to the Vietnam War because communists wanted to take over South Vietnam, and since the US had made opposing communism one of its goals the US is of couse going to help South Vietnam fight communism.
It was one of many conflicts fought as a proxy war between the capitalist west, mainly the US, and the communist east, mainly the USSR. In fact, at first our boys were still using garands. While it was accurate, and it was the gun that won world war two, the vietnamese were being supplied with russian khalishnakovs. Wso you can see how we were fighting agianst, essentially, the protectorates of communist Russia. Also, you may be wondering why the US seemed to favor south american dictatorships to marxist republics. This is because we fought to prevent the spread of communism. Even the fact that we supported the taliban has to do with the cold war, the russians had invaded afganistan, and we didnt ask questions about what the taliban fought for, only that they fought against our enemies. Korea was similar to vietnam, except that we were able to save the south at least, whereas we lost competely in vietnam.
Vietnam was a shooting war (a hot war). A cold war is a NON-shooting war; a cold war is a "stand-off" between two (or more) adversaries. Technically, Vietnam, being part of the cold war...communism verses the free world...the Vietnam War was a "Hot BATTLE" of the cold war.
The US tried to prevent South Vietnam from becoming a communist country by fighting the war. After Vietnam became united as one COMMUNIST VIETNAM country, the US delayed relationships with that nation until the end of the cold war. With the ending of the cold war, trade relationships exist between the US and Vietnam; not a big trade relationship, but an exchange of goods, none the less.
They were both wars against communism; its just Vietnam was a shooting war and the cold war was NOT a shooting war. Example (analogy)-It would be like two men arguing in a bar (as an example) about something (which would be the cold war) and then going outside and having a fist fight...or worse ( this would be Vietnam) about the same argument.
The Cold War resulted in the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
The Vietnam war was a warm part of the cold war.
The Vietnam War was part of the cold war. The cold war was between governments (Nations/Countries).
Korea and Vietnam were the only HOT Battles of the cold war; a war between the communist world and the free world.
Vietnam was a shooting war (a hot war). A cold war is a NON-shooting war; a cold war is a "stand-off" between two (or more) adversaries. Technically, Vietnam, being part of the cold war...communism verses the free world...the Vietnam War was a "Hot BATTLE" of the cold war.
Vietnam was a hot battle of the cold war.
Both were started because of the US fear of communism.
Only as necessary as the cold war itself.
Vietnam was a "hot" battle of the cold war.
The Cold War; Vietnam was a "hot" battle of the cold war.
Vietnam was a "hot" battle of the cold war.
The Cold War. Vietnam was a "hot" battle of the cold war.
The US tried to prevent South Vietnam from becoming a communist country by fighting the war. After Vietnam became united as one COMMUNIST VIETNAM country, the US delayed relationships with that nation until the end of the cold war. With the ending of the cold war, trade relationships exist between the US and Vietnam; not a big trade relationship, but an exchange of goods, none the less.
Vietnam was PART of the cold war; the cold war lasted from '45 to '90.