The United States where fighting the North Vietnamese Army to deter communism in South Vietnam. The Chinese also were a part of the conflict however not so much as a direct entity as a funding source for the NVA.
The USAF was fighting against the North Vietnamese Air Force. The US Army/Marines were fighting against the NVA and VC. The US Navy was fighting against the North Vietnamese Air Force and NVA and VC.
The North Vietnamese Army and the Vietcong, the Communist organization in South Vietnam. Plus anybody else who was shooting at us.
Plenty of US Servicemen of Irish descent fought in the war, but Ireland did not fight in the Vietnam War.
Like the US Civil War in the 1860s the Vietnam War in the 1960s divided America.
The US was large enough and industrialized enough, to sustain a normal society, and fight a war at the same time.
The US supported Ho Chi Minh fight the Japanese in Vietnam as part of their war with Japan .
Australia mirrored US actions.
US Civil War & Vietnam War.
US military men were exchanging gunfire with communist forces from 1955 to 1975.
Plenty of US Servicemen of Irish descent fought in the war, but Ireland did not fight in the Vietnam War.
Like the US Civil War in the 1860s the Vietnam War in the 1960s divided America.
North Vietnam (capital was Hanoi).
Washington was at war with Hanoi.
To prevent the communist take over of the Republic of South Vietnam.
North Vietnam started the war against South Vietnam; the US went to the aid of the South.
The US was large enough and industrialized enough, to sustain a normal society, and fight a war at the same time.
The Vietnam war. Or the Resistance War Against America.
To stop communist aggession.
To fight communism; part of the cold war.