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he thought that it would lead to the end of the war eralier

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What years were American ground forces directly involved in the Vietnam war?

Eisenhower sent US Military Advisers to Vietnam in '55.


Who was in role for the United States when the Vietnam war start?

President Eisenhower sent US advisers to Vietnam in 1955. President Kennedy sent US Special Forces (Green Beret) to Vietnam in 1961. President Johnson sent US regular forces to Vietnam in 1965.


What was the connection between the Vietnam war and the cold war in Europe?

Britain did not want to weaken it's forces in Europe by sending troops to Vietnam.


When did American troops go to Vietnam?

First ground troops were sent to Vietnam in 1965.


Who was president when the Vietnam War started?

Eisenhower believed in the domino theory that justified intervention in Vietnam and he sent advisors to support the non-Communist government there. Kennedy greatly increased the military aid sent to Vietnam and had the US deeply involved there. Johnson then escalated the War greatly. So, you could say that Eisenhower started it, Kennedy made it inevitable and Johnson really made it a war.


How did the Vietnam War begin and who was involved?

Eisenhower sent US Advisers to Vietnam in '55. Kennedy sent Special Forces (Green Beret) in '61. Johnson sent US Regulars in '65.


Where did the Vietnam war?

The war began when President Eisenhower sent US Advisers to Vietnam in 1955; however most historians consider the starting date of the war to be 1961, when President Kennedy sent the Special Forces (Green Beret) to Vietnam.


Vietcong?

Communist guerrilla movement in Vietnam that fought the South Vietnamese government forces 1954-75 with the support of the North Vietnamese army and opposed the South Vietnamese and US forces in the Vietnam War.


In what year did the US troops go to Vietnam for War?

The United States went into war with Vietnam in the year 1965.


Was Vietnam fought in the 1950?

the U.S had been sending in Special forces units into Vietname since 1951 but did not send in the U.S ground infantry untill 1958. However the Vietnam civil war had been waging for years before the U.S even sent in special forces.


Who was the first United States president to send troops into the Vietnam war?

Lyndon Johnson The first president to send a fighting force into Vietnam was President Lyndon B. Johnson although President Dwight D. Eisenhower sported the French in the First Indochina War with navy and air support no actual forces had set food inside Vietnam