No, actually they didn`t because they were against each other at the time so they were frenemies...lol I meant enemies!!
Defending South Vietnam against Communist aggression from North Vietnam.
The US offered to help south Vietnam in 1961 to help Vietnam preserve its independence from the North. It was during the Cold War, and the US was fighting Communist Russia across the world.
The communist superpowers supported the north with war material. The US supported the south with men & material. Reason: Cold War.
South Vietnam
?........the Vietnam war was a war between north and south Vietnam and America. America was trying to defend south Vietnam from the north invading and controling their territory. so America was on the side with south Vietnam
There IS no North and South Vietnam, only Vietnam. After the US withdrew combat forces from South Vietnam, North Vietnam violated the peace agreement, invaded and conquered South Vietnam. Game over.
USA lost to north Vietnam not south. The south was their ally.
The US was an ally of South Vietnam; it was up to South Vietnam to repel the invasion from the north, with massive military assistance from the US (which, of course, ultimately failed).
The North Vietnam army was invading South Vietnam and Sv asked the US for help in repeling the Communist invasion.
The US helped South Vietnam with the South's blessing; the North was deciding if they should fight just the Southerners, or the US too. In the end, the North fought them both.
Nixon.
North VN vs South VN; US helped the South.