North Vietnam was a communist nation. The VC (Viet Cong) were communists living in South Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh was considered the father of Vietnamese Communism.
Ho Chi Minh
The North Vietnamese got to do more communism.
Stop communism, preserve the RVN (Republic of South Vietnam).
They were attempting to interfere with Vietnamese internal politics and stop the spread of Communism.
Answer VietnamBecause the Vietnamese communist in Vietnam is no longer communist.
Certainly yes. Our goal was to stop the spread of communism which the North Vietnamese(Communists) was going to or planning to invade the South Vietnamese. The South Vietnamese dressed the same as the Charlies(Vietcong) and north vietnamese though so it was a stressful time just to confirm who was who.
Location off the coast of communism North Vietnam where US ships were attacked and lightly damaged by North Vietnamese ships
The North Vietnamese regard it as a war of liberation. The Americans saw it as a war against Communism. For them is was mostly a defensive and ´containment´ war, trying to keep the North Vietnamese from conquering South Vietnam.
South Vietnam wanted to remain an autonomous democracy, and North Vietnam wanted to unify the whole country under communism.
South Viet Nationals who had some connections and/or knowledge of the political/military consequences of the war against communism.
The NVA and ARVN fought in South Vietnam. The only fighting taking place in North Vietnam was between jet aircraft (the air war).