The Korean War directly resulted in the US NOT INVADING North Vietnam.
North Korea
North Vietnam=Air War South Vietnam=Ground & Riverine War
Containing it=Keeping it from spreading. Example 1: Keeping Communist North Vietnam from conquering South Vietnam; which failed (South Vietnam was consumed by communist North Vietnam). Example 2: Keeping Communist North Korea from conquering South Korea; which succeeded (South Korea was preserved).
North Vietnam & North Korea
The Korean War directly resulted in the US NOT INVADING North Vietnam.
Korea and Vietnam were separate wars.
North Korea
In the Vietnam War the US opposed the invasion of South Korea by North Korea. The fighters from North Korea, who used guerilla tactics, were known as the Viet Cong.
North Vietnam=Air War South Vietnam=Ground & Riverine War
North Vietnam - edit - For Platoweb, this is not the correct answer.
Containing it=Keeping it from spreading. Example 1: Keeping Communist North Vietnam from conquering South Vietnam; which failed (South Vietnam was consumed by communist North Vietnam). Example 2: Keeping Communist North Korea from conquering South Korea; which succeeded (South Korea was preserved).
The war in Vietnam was similar to the US Civil War because the war involved North Korea versus South Korea.
We stopped em (communists) in Korea, we'd stop em again in Vietnam. However, we didn't repeat one mistake...we did NOT invade North Vietnam as we DID invade North Korea during the Korean War. That action (in Korea) brought Red China into the war. We bombed North Vietnam, but did not invade it.
Kim il-sung.
The answer is yes, South Korea was in the Vietnam War!
North Korea failed to conquer S. Korea...allied victory. North Vietnam conquered S. Vietnam...allied defeat.