Materiel support, including uniforms, weapons, munitions, armoured vehicles, aircraft, and even pilots for aircraft such as the nine US Air Force C-119 aircraft loaned to the French.
No , the US assisted the French .
North Vietnam started the war against South Vietnam; the US went to the aid of the South.
Yes. Vietnam was a French colony. They lost a Vietnam War and were thrown out of Vietnam before America tried to win a war in Vietnam. America also lost a Vietnam War.
Their war was '46 to '54.
Two: 1st Indochina War (French Indochina War) & 2nd Indochina War (America's Vietnam War).
No , the US assisted the French .
The French had fought there from 1946 to 1954; 1st Indochina War or French Indochina War.
1945 $160 million 1951 $450 million 1953 $785 million. Multiply those figures for today's dollar values.
North Vietnam started the war against South Vietnam; the US went to the aid of the South.
The United States Increased aid to the French in Vietnam. (NN) because the US was against Communism.
Two ways: 1. Transitioning the guerrilla war in RVN to a conventional war by deploying tanks and conventional troops. 2. By directly bombing North Vietnam. Vietnam was no longer a guerrilla war.
French Indochina War (1946-1954).
Yes. Vietnam was a French colony. They lost a Vietnam War and were thrown out of Vietnam before America tried to win a war in Vietnam. America also lost a Vietnam War.
The Korean war
One of the main reasons was to separate the Vietnam War from the French War or French Vietnam War (which is often referred to as the French Indochina War; and lately, the 1st Indochina War). To makes things simple: The French Indochina War and the US (American) Vietnam War, might be the easiest way to remember it.
Harry S. Truman, who began providing aid and materiel to the French during the First Indochina War in 1950.
Their war was '46 to '54.