1994
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It began when President Eisenhower sent US military units to South Vietnam in 1955. It ended when the US embassy was evacuated in April 1975.
The fear of being invaded was not a justification for the increase in US involvement in Vietnam. The US withdrew from Vietnam in 1975.
After the US withdrew from Vietnam the Vietcong came into power. South Vietnam fell under communist rule by the Vietcong.
Nixon had been elected to begin withdrawing US troops from Vietnam and to turn over more of the fighting to the South Vietnam government. In 1972, North Vietnam finally realized that the war was a stalemate. The two sides met and arranged a cease fire. In January of 1973 the Paris Accords went into effect. The US agreed to withdraw all its troops from Vietnam in 60 days. Congress had stopped funding the war effort. The North Vietnamese government agreed to release all prisoners, which they never did. Free elections were to be held in Vietnam. The President of South Vietnam considered the agreement between North Vietnam and the US as a sell out. But it allowed President Nixon to save face and bring the soldiers home. By 1975, after US troops had been pulled out of South Vietnam, the ARVN (Army of the Republic of South Vietnam) collapsed and the North Vietnamese moved into Saigon, ending the war and finalizing the take over of the South by the North.
1954
1954
The 1950s
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Historian's generally accept the year 1961 as the start of US military involvement in Vietnam.
Eisenhower sent US Advisers to Vietnam in '55. Kennedy sent Special Forces (Green Beret) in '61. Johnson sent US Regulars in '65.
The enemy of the French, the Viet Minh, were communist backed.
It began when President Eisenhower sent US military units to South Vietnam in 1955. It ended when the US embassy was evacuated in April 1975.
Modern futures trading begun in the US market for commodities trading late 1800s and early 1900s, so its got more than a hundred year's history now.
The Korean war
The Korean war ended in 1953, and US military involvement in Vietnam did not begin until 1965, although American Military Advisors and Covert Operatives had been active in Vietnam since 1954.
To begin with 180,000 US soldiers were sent but it was soon increased to 1/2 million.