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The US supported the South Vietnamese and tried to prevent the spread of communism from North Vietnam. If the military had been allowed to fight the war according to what military strategists knew would work, we would have succeeded. In my opinion, it was a war that was led by our congress...not the military....very frustrating. Perhaps, we should be looking to military strategists today instead of Congress to make the decisions of how to set up and keep peace in the Middle East!
The Soviets supplied the SAMs and radar as well as T54 and PT76 tanks, artillery, MiG17 & MiG21 jets. Although after a while they stopped supplying the MiG17s and only gave North Vietnam MiG21s. Red China picked up the slack from the Russians and continued to supply North Vietnam with their versions of the MiG17s, their J5 series jet. The Chinese Communists were the only nation to supply North Vietnam with the J6 jet (a Chicom version of the Russian MiG19). The North Viet AF only had one regiment of MiG19s during the whole war (they called their air squadrons regiments).
The Red Chinese also supplied their versions of the Soviet PT76/T54 tanks...their Type 63 & Type 59s. All small arms and ammo were combination Soviet/Chicom/Warsaw Pact supplied equipment. The North Viet Navy (which executed the Tonkin Gulf Incident) did so with Soviet/Chicom P4 torpedo boats.
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What are the differences with the war of Vietnam and Iraq?
The US is not at war Iraq. The US was at war with a nation called North Vietnam.
Did the Vietnam war unify the US?
Like the US Civil War in the 1860s the Vietnam War in the 1960s divided America.
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.
Why did the us get involved in the vietnam war-?
The United States did get involved in the Vietnam war because of communism in Vietnam.
Who was Robert McNamara?
US Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War.
Who invited the us to help in the Vietnam war?
No one
Why did the US offer help to south Vietnam in 1961?
The US offered to help south Vietnam in 1961 to help Vietnam preserve its independence from the North. It was during the Cold War, and the US was fighting Communist Russia across the world.
How did the United States help in the Vietnam War?
US was a primary combatant.
Why were other country's involved in the Vietnam war?
The US asked for their help.
Which country did the us help during the Vietnam war?
RVN (Republic of South Vietnam); which no longer exists.
Why the Vietnam war was so different for Us soldiers?
Because the war was to help a different country
Did the gurrilla tacties help the us in the Vietnam war?
Guerrilla warfare was largely used by the Viet Cong and not by the US Combatants in Vietnam. To answer your question, no.
Did any other countries help us in the Vietnam war?
austraila and france
Why was the US at war with Vietnam?
We were at war with Vietnam because they disagreed with us about something.
Who had the US tried to help north Vietnam or south Vietnam why?
The communist superpowers supported the north with war material. The US supported the south with men & material. Reason: Cold War.
According to which law did the US enter the Vietnam War?
The US entered because they signed a document saying that the will help with a war with communism.
WHERE did the US attack the Vietnam war?
Vietnam
