The United States only committed large numbers of American troops in Vietnam.
US involvement in Vietnam (then French Indochina) began during WWII, in supporting the Viet Mihn against the Japanese occupiers. US involvement against Ho Chi Mihn dates back to the French Indochina War, during which time Dwight D. Eisenhower was president.
NO- the actual War occurred after he left office. He did send some military advisers to Vietnam and started the idea of US involvement there.
Japan went into Indochina before the US entered WWII.
There was great concern called the "Domino Theory" that projected communism would expand country-by-country throughout Asia, and the U.S. was committed to stop the encroachment. Preserving a democratic South Korea and South Vietnam became the impetus for war in those nations.
With the exception of air strikes, which occurred in four countries (N & S Vietnam, Cambodia, and Lao's), the ground fighting between conventional forces all occurred within South Vietnam, with the exception of President Nixon's invasion (incursion) of Cambodia in 1970 and Lao's in 1971.
The United States only committed large numbers of American troops in Vietnam.
The United States only committed large numbers of American troops in Vietnam.
The United States only committed large numbers of American troops in Vietnam.
The United States only committed large numbers of American troops in Vietnam.
The United States only committed large numbers of American troops in Vietnam.
The United States only committed large numbers of American troops in Vietnam.
False, US involvement in Vietnam was not reduced during the Kennedy administration.
US involvement in Vietnam (then French Indochina) began during WWII, in supporting the Viet Mihn against the Japanese occupiers. US involvement against Ho Chi Mihn dates back to the French Indochina War, during which time Dwight D. Eisenhower was president.
they were used to spark protest against America's involvement in the Vietnam War
Because the public was being drafted!
In the 1960's, the US had more than 10 times the population of Australia. But, Australia partnered with the US during the cold war. Australia's involvement in Vietnam mirrored the US's, but on a 10 times smaller scale, due to population differences. Other nations, other than the Philippines, Thailand, South Korea, South Vietnam, and New Zealand...wanted nothing to do with the Vietnam War.
The US was involved with negotiations during the division of the country in 1954. US troops began to arrive in 1955. All involvement ceased after April/May (Mayaquez incident) 1975.