The position of North Vietnam was that communist Dictatorship is the best form of government, and it must be established throughout Vietnam to liberate the working class from the oppressive capitalists and colonialists of the west, while the position of South Vietnam was that the free market was superior to communism, and that South Vietnam must remain independent of the north and allied to the western world.
The Vietnam War was one of the worst in American history. Combat in the jungle was difficult, and it was hard to know who exactly was the enemy, since Vietnam had two different sides of the war as well.
North Vietnam & VC living in South Vietnam (supplied by USSR/Red China) against US/Australia/South Korea/South Vietnam/New Zealand/Thailand/Philippines.
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The North Vietnam Army (NVA) and the United States.(with help from Australia and minimal help from South Vietnam)
North Vietnam & Viet Cong living in South Vietnam (supplied by USSR/Red China) against US/Australia/South Korea/South Vietnam/New Zealand/Thailand/Philippines.
Able bodied males (from both sides).
They both wanted peace.
That's how men were acquired to fight the war from both sides.
Only two congressmen voted no to going to war with Vietnam.
Two hot battles of the cold war. Which was also an opportunity for both sides (Free world and communist world) to test out their new weapons (jets for example).
From guerrilla war to conventional war.
Vietnam won the French war. North Vietnam won the American Vietnam War. There was no such country named "Vietnam" during the American Vietnam War 1955-1975. There were two nations: North VN & South VN.