Jets fought in the skies over North Vietnam (the air war). Land warfare/Riverine warfare took place in South Vietnam.
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
1975
The NVA and ARVN fought in South Vietnam. The only fighting taking place in North Vietnam was between jet aircraft (the air war).
Eisenhower sent troops to South Vietnam so they can fight North Vietnam because North Vietnam wanted to take over South Vietnam and they did.
The war took place in Vietnam because it was a civil war between north and south Vietnam. north Vietnam were communists and south Vietnam were capitalists. Australia's involvement was because they wanted the war on Vietnam soil not on Australian and America and the other countries like new zealand and south Korea, Philippines, Thailand, Spain and Taiwan and ofcourse china
Against Communist North Vietnam's take over of the Republic of South Vietnam.
A war to preserve the Free Republic of South Vietnam from a communist take over by Communist NORTH Vietnam.
From the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), roughly 10 kilometers north of Dong Ha, south to the Mekong River delta at the southern tip of Vietam. Also from the South China Sea to the east all the way to (and sometimes into) the borders of Laos to the north and Cambodia to the south.
In Vietnam, south-east Asia
To prevent the communist take over of the NON-communist Republic of South Vietnam, by Communist NORTH Vietnam.
The war was fought against COMMUNISM; North Vietnam was communist & trying to take over SOUTH Vietnam which was NOT communist.
The struggle between Democracy and Communism.