The enemy of the French, the Viet Minh, were communist backed.
1954
1954
US Military advisers in '55.
The US supplied massive military aid to South Vietnam. All in vain, as it turned out.
US sent military aid to France in 1940 to help them take over Vietnam.
The Korean war ended in 1953, and US military involvement in Vietnam did not begin until 1965, although American Military Advisors and Covert Operatives had been active in Vietnam since 1954.
North Vietnam started the war against South Vietnam; the US went to the aid of the South.
1954-End of French Indochina War 1956/1957-North Vietnamese MIG-17 Pilots begin training in Soviet Union/Red China 1973-US Re-deploys combat troops from South Vietnam 1975-South Vietnam falls to North Vietnam/War Endsbecame Communist and reunited with North Vietnam
1994
Well before any US troops were sent to Vietnam. The Korean Conflict kicked off in 1950, and the ceasefire was signed in 1953 (although the conflict remains ongoing). The first American troops didn't arrive in Vietnam until 1954.
They feared that Vietnam would become Communist if it should gain indepedence.
they supported the non communist country of south Vietnam