In the early & mid sixties, people would say, "...Viet---nam, where's that?", "...what's going on over there?" Only near the late sixties, when the draft riots started did EVERYONE know about Vietnam.
North Vietnam started the war against South Vietnam; the US went to the aid of the South.
it started in 1883 ;-]
War against North Vietnam started on 07 August 1964 with the Tonkin Gulf Resolution.
The Vietnam war officially started in 1959 and ended in 1975, during this time period the United States of America and South Vietnam fought against communist North Vietnam to help prevent the spread of communism. However, there was conflict in Vietnam years before that involving France, Japan, and China. some people believe those conflicts were the cause of the Vietnam war. Long story short it was a controversial war and people still get upset about it. different people have different ideas about why it started. Vietnam had a turbulent history even before the war.
War started in RVN in '55. War started against N. VN in '64.
The communists!
ww2 ended in 1945. Vietnam war started in 1959.
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
The US Civil War (1861-1865) & the Vietnam War (1961-1975).
The Vietnam war started in 1962. Because that is when it looked like South Vietnam was going to fall to communism
Curtis LeMay
WWII