Had to stop communism.
They went to fight it.
Of course! Everybody has to fight the Vietnam War because they wanted to stop the Battle and they have to show some guts to fight in the Vietnam War.
Domino theory, part of the cold war.
Advisery in the beginning, then guerrilla warfare, then conventional warfare with tanks and B-52 bombers.
Around 600,000 Vietnamese died in the Vietnam War. More Vietnamese died than Americans. That amazes me.
They went to fight it.
north Vietnam
The Vietnam War
North Vietnam had to fight against the French and the Americans to gain its independence. The French and Americans were trying to stop the spread of communism to South Vietnam, but the war ended badly with the French and Americans suffering defeat.
African-Americans during the 1960s called Vietnam "the White Man's War"; because the US wanted to stop communism there, but were drafting African-Americans (and all other US males) to fight it.
Of course! Everybody has to fight the Vietnam War because they wanted to stop the Battle and they have to show some guts to fight in the Vietnam War.
Air war-North Vietnam Ground war-South Vietnam
Domino theory, part of the cold war.
Advisery in the beginning, then guerrilla warfare, then conventional warfare with tanks and B-52 bombers.
The only thing in common is that both were wars that took over ten years. The Vietnam war is a war that occurred in the 1950's until 1971, this war was between the South Vietnam and the Americans who were on the same team, and the Vietcong who was the North Vietnam that teamed up with Communist China. There were no gods making champions fight in Vietnam.
Plenty of US Servicemen of Irish descent fought in the war, but Ireland did not fight in the Vietnam War.
The NVA and the VC (North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong).