The USA went to war with Vietnam because it was a communist country. Also they were allies with the USSR. We were enemies with the USSR so we wanted the USSR to have at least 1 less freind.
The Americans were trying to stop the spread of Communism. The Vietnamese Communists already had control of North Vietnam, and were trying to take control of South Vietnam.
The US is not at war Iraq. The US was at war with a nation called North Vietnam.
The United States went into war with Vietnam in the year 1965.
Like the US Civil War in the 1860s the Vietnam War in the 1960s divided America.
The US is NOT at war with Iraq. The US was at war with North Vietnam.
The United States did get involved in the Vietnam war because of communism in Vietnam.
Guerrilla war in South Vietnam '55; conventional war with North Vietnam '64.
To stop the spread of communism.
We were at war with Vietnam because they disagreed with us about something.
Canadian men crossed into the US and joined the US military to fight in Vietnam. Canada itself did not go to war.
During the Vietnam War, in the US military, women were part of the WAC's (Women's Army Corps) in the US Army. The US Navy had the WAVE's.
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The US is not at war Iraq. The US was at war with a nation called North Vietnam.
The US is not at war with Iraq. The US was at war with North Vietnam.
See website: Vietnam War
None. The US is not at war with Iraq. In Vietnam, the US was at war with North Vietnam.
The US tested napalm, bombs and chemical weapons on the Vietnam civilians.
There was no "Vietnam" during the Vietnam War. Communist NORTH Vietnam was attacking non-communist SOUTH Vietnam, and the US was trying to drive the communists out of South Vietnam...trying to stop communist aggression. It's called the Vietnam War because it's a lot easier to say, and less confusing...than to say "South Vietnam War" or "North Vietnam War", so some people go so far as to say the war in Southeast Asia instead.