Two separate countries: South Vietnam was officially called RVN (Republic of South Vietnam). When US servicemen landed in country, they were greeted with "Welcome to the Republic of South Vietnam" (enjoy your stay).
Most Historians like to use 1961 as the starting point for the war. The Vietnam War was NOT a civil war. A civil war is two armies from the same nation fighting itself. North Vietnam & South Vietnam were separate countries. They were never one country called Vietnam until 1975.
VietnamIt was a civil war - North against south. AnswerIt was and it wasn't. It was about the north and south, like America's Civil war, but then in Vietnam the French and then the American's stepped in. What I think though is it was a Civil War until France and America joined in. The reason why the United States helped the French was because they did not want all of Vietnam to become communists. AnswerCIVIL WAR >Definition of CIVIL WAR (merriam webster): a war between opposing groups of citizens of the same countryIt was NOT a Civil War! It was between two completely different countries and two different Governments.The French were in Vietnam before WWII, after that war Vietnam was split into two separate countries. French Colonial South and the North. Ho Che Minh wanted to merge back into one country and the South did not want to. The North had China as it's main Allie the South had the USA and a few other countries.
It forced French troops to leave Vietnam and divided Vietnam into two countries. (A)
The countries that controlled Vietnam were Japan and France.
A civil war is, by definition, NEVER fought between two countries. p.s. I don't think they used witches.
There was no "Vietnam Civil War." A civil war is a war in which ONE country is fighting against itself. N & S Vietnam were TWO separate countries from the very beginning (in 1954). They only became ONE country (one nation) when the North won the war in April of 1975. The normal starting date for the war, chosen by most historians, is the year 1961. Today, in the 21st century, if Vietnam fought amongst itself, it would be a civil war; as it is ONE nation.
A civil war is between people who are part of the same country. A war, a true war, is between two or more countries.
North Vietnam won them.
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The two countries are Cambodia and Laos.
A foreign war is fought between at least two separate countries. A civil war is fought between factions inside one nation.
The countries to west of Vietnam are Laos and to the southwest Cambodia. China borders at the north.