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The Vietnam War began as a war of nationalism, with the Vietnamese their French colonial powers for independence following World War II. The United States became involved in the struggle out of fear that the new country would be Communist.
The Vietnamese scored a decisive victory over the French at Dienbienphu in 1954, but the United States retained its interest in Vietnam. A conference in Geneva provisionally divided Vietnam into the North under Communist-backed President Ho Chi Minh and the South under American-backed President Ngo Dinh Diem, with elections on the issue of reunification scheduled for 1956. Probably the most important impetus for hostilities was Diem's decision to cancel the elections out of fear that he would lose.O SNAP GTG.
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∙ 12y agoPresident Kennedy sent the first advisers/trainers into South Vietnam. President Johnson supported a major build-up of troops, and then President Nixon enacted the withdrawal from Vietnam.
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∙ 16y agoGulf of Tonguin incident instigated by the US Govt.
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∙ 13y agoVietnam started as a civil war with French interference, and fairly soon the US and CCCP got involved.
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∙ 13y agoCommunist aggression.
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Who fought with south Vietnam in the Vietnam war?
Who lived in Vietnam during the Vietnam war?
Q who was the victor of the Vietnam war? A I have no idea who won the Vietnam war!!!!
Was the Vietnam war in Pennsylvania?
No, the Vietnam War was in Vietnam
Which war came first the Vietnam war or the war in Korea?
Korea. Although there was conflict in Vietnam against the French in the 1950s, it is more associated with the intervention of the US in the 1960s... Korea was 1950 to 1953. Effectively the UN (US & British mainly) against the Chinese backed North Koreans. Korea is still divided along the 38th Parallel.
Define a Vietnam War Officer?
A military officer that fought in the Vietnam War. A Vietnam War soldier would be a "soldier that fought in the Vietnam War.
Who started the Vietnam war America or Vietnam?
North Vietnam started the war against South Vietnam; the US went to the aid of the South.
Where did Vietnam war started?
it started in 1883 ;-]
Is the Vietnam war the bloodest war during World War 2?
ww2 ended in 1945. Vietnam war started in 1959.
When was the war in Vietnam?
War started in RVN in '55. War started against N. VN in '64.
What day was the Vietnam war started?
War against North Vietnam started on 07 August 1964 with the Tonkin Gulf Resolution.
What wars eas not declared by Congress but was started when the president sent troops?
The US Civil War (1861-1865) & the Vietnam War (1961-1975).
Why did the vitamin war start?
The Vietnam war started during the cold war. The United States entered the Vietnam war in hopes of stopping the spread of communism.
Did the north or the south fire the first shot in the Vietnam war?
There was no Fort Sumter for the Vietnam War; the war started like a cancer...it grew.
Who started the US Vietnam war?
The communists!
What did Vietnam war involved?
It started as a guerrilla war, and escalated into a conventional non-nuclear war.
Who start the Vietnam War in 1966?
The Vietnam war started in 1962. Because that is when it looked like South Vietnam was going to fall to communism
What year was it when theVietnam war started?
The Vietnam War Started Cause south Vietnam liked Cheese and was taking all of it and North Vietnam didnt get any. the year it stared was 1955
