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The Vietnam War ushered the U.S. Military into an entirely new method of conflict - low intensity, small-unit skirmishes rather than large front lines with multiple division-sized units moving toward each other. This 'guerilla warfare' as it came to be known forced the Army, the Marines, and other fighting planners to reconfigure - and introduced the dawn of helicopter warfare to the U.S. arsenal.
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Why is the conflict in Iraq similar to the conflict in Vietnam?
The US is NOT at war with Iraq. The US was at war with North Vietnam.
How was the Vietnam conflict a microcosm of the Cold War?
Because of the butter.
Did soldiers in the Vietnam war get train to fight?
Soldiers from North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Korea, Australia, and the United States were all effectively trained and prepared for battle in the Vietnam Conflict.
What is the significance of the tonkin gilf resolution?
It transformed the guerrilla war in South Vietnam into a conventional war in both South Vietnam and a war directly against North Vietnam.
Vietnam war?
Was a Cold War conflict. A protracted military conflict (1954-1975) between South Vietnam, supported by United States forces, and Communist North Vietnam. The war resulted in a North Vietnamese victory and unification of Vietnam under Communist rule.
